Unnecessary and deeply concerning bow to the new “king”

Update: position got backed up by an official Proton post on Mastodon, it’s an official Proton statement now. https://mastodon.social/@protonprivacy/113833073219145503

Update 2, plot-twist: they removed this response from Mastodon - seems they realize it exploded into their face!

  • sudneo@lemm.ee
    13·
    9 hours ago

    How is this relevant when talking about tech, and when talking about tech monopolies specifically?

    • nyctre@lemmy.world
      3·
      8 hours ago

      They’re praising republicans as being the party that helps the little guy. Not just tech.

      • sudneo@lemm.ee
        23·
        8 hours ago

        The context is so clearly big tech and monopolies that I feel silly even pointing it out. It’s relevant in the context of the quoted tweet, it’s obvious considering what proton is and does, it’s consistent with opinions previously expressed by the same guy on antitrust. The little guy here is opposed to “big businesses”.

        Like no, this conversation is absolutely scoped to big tech/monopolies/antitrust.

          • sudneo@lemm.ee
            14·
            7 hours ago

            Because it’s so obvious given the rest of the context? I don’t know, but unless you want to intentionally misunderstand to critique him on things he quite clearly didn’t mean, it makes no sense to assume that:

            • a tech ceo
            • of a company based in Switzerland
            • of a company that is a direct competitor of US tech monopolies
            • citing a tweet about antitrust
            • who spoke before about the very same topic of antitrust and monopolies in tech

            Is talking about big and small business in general in the US economy. Honestly, to me is obvious, maybe the above is not enough for you, in that case I will leave you to your opinion.

            Edit: See https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i29k9t/proton_shouldnt_use_their_official_socials_to/m7cqw5j/ where he mentions:

            protecting small companies from Big Tech abuse

            • nyctre@lemmy.world
              2·
              6 hours ago

              Yes, in the context and ignoring everything else, sure, I agree. But to me, it makes no sense how someone could believe that republicans are somehow pro big business but anti big tech. Talking about these things as if they’re unrelated doesn’t make sense to me. Maybe I’m just missing something, I guess.