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A second Andy Yen interview has hit the Web: Proton CEO gets needlessly political, again (lemm.ee)

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Proton CEO Andy Yen gave a surprisingly sharp interview to the Swiss magazine "watson" (source in German: https://www.watson.ch/digital/wirtschaft/517198902-proton-schweiz-chef-andy-yen-zum-ausbau-der-staatlichen-ueberwachung). He warned that Proton might leave Switzerland if new surveillance laws are passed, which aligns with the company’s strong pro-privacy stance. So far, nothing unexpected.

However, Yen’s remarks about Swiss officials - describing them as lifelong bureaucrats, all lazy, and incompetent - came across as arrogant and out of place, almost like something you’d expect from a capitalism praising Trump supporter. he also was quoted in the interview, that the US works better (so they consider to move there?).

The interview left me speechless, and I’m certain I won’t be considering Proton for any of my future projects

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Go on?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

But why male models?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I mean, as someone recently considering switching to proton, what should I know here?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Their CEO claims to think Republicans "stand up for the little guy."

I don't know how much you pay attention to American politics or European history, but when the Swiss are sucking up to fascists it's because they're both not as neutral as they pretend and mostly interested in getting tooth gold.

There are plenty of other options out there, you can at least pick one run by a tech bro not signaling his ready and willing compliance.