Unnecessary and deeply concerning bow to the new “king”
Makes me feel a lot less confident about having a protonmail account. Best alternatives for privacy?
Tuta?
Enshittifying
How?
They give you poorly disguised ads that you can’t unsubscribe from in the form of a “news letter”. These appear as emails in your inbox with special styling that sticks out. They’ve recently started pushing new features in the Calendar that you need to be the higher paying tier to use, but they still have special styling to make them stand out. If you try to use them, you get a huge popup saying you need to upgrade. They’ve been removing features from the lower tiers and demand you upgrade to keep using it.
Every time I open my inbox, I got a new notification about either upgrading to a paid tier, or the exact same thing but disguised as a feature announcement.
If you’re looking for a new home, Disroot has free email services with a one-time payment if you want a custom domain attached. I’m just giving them the money I used to give Tuta every month. I don’t want to sound like a shill, so I’ll keep it short: I believe in Disroot far more than I ever did Tuta because Tuta was a business and Disroot is a movement. Disroot isn’t in a position where a fat cat investor is gonna start squeezing them for a return. Their last finance report also looked pretty good.
I’m tempted, but Disroot has two things that will probably keep me away, unfortunately.
- Email is stored unencrypted on their servers
- The site is associated with political activism
There are technical reasons for #1 being true (and ultimately, even if they encrypted the email, I would have to trust them anyway) but this opens extra venues for exploitation. Coupled with #2, the site may be targeted by activist groups who don’t like the politics associated with them, or participants on the service might be automatically associated with it. Personally, either of these issues on their own tends to be enough for me to avoid a service. I respect Disroot but it’s probably not for me.
Perhaps riseup if youre an anarchist or posteo if youre willing to pay a low fee?
I use posteo myself. Its alright and reliable. Would try Riseup (kinda got political) but idk anyone to ask for an invite code
disroot.org maybe
I like them
Best? Hosting an encrypted email server in your own house. As a service, mailfence seems to be a decent alternative
Can you elaborate on what software or solution would allow someone to host an encrypted email server? Would outgoing messages be encrypted or just encrypted at rest? What about if you also had your family member on the same setup and you wrote to each other, would it be encrypted?
The fuck? Way to flush the credibility they built down the drain.
Money.
I guess Andy or the proton social media team has started using the corporate bluesky account to discuss it now.
interesting that it’s deleted now
anyone got a screenshot?
Wow they really need to get in check. I do have the screenshots
Hilarious, talks about corporate Dems yet is supporting corporate Republicans. Elon Musk is arguably the face of big tech and so acting like Trump is going to ‘do something’ to big tech is also delusional. Big tech has already gotten out the checkbooks and kissed the ring down in Florida.
Thiel, Musk, Zuck, and Bezos among others.
It’s beyond parody that you’d pretend Republicans aren’t owned by corporate and tech interests, I quite frankly don’t believe he believes it.
ugh gross they think trump, who has big tech ceos lining up at his door, or the republicans, who want to kill encryption and vpn accesses are going to tackle big tech? welp time to get a refund.
We didn’t get what we wanted so we choose evil.
Never used em but i feel for people who did.
Muted and blocked. Got it.
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No one going to comment the Trump absolutely did not write that? Read it; completely coherent, proper English, all that.
Not one all caps word. No fuckin way he wrote that.
Well… The word “FAIRLY” was written in all caps.
Was considering them, now I’m not. I’ll keep using mullvad.
Yikes. I was just about to shell out for Proton VPN, but now I won’t.
I would suggest Mullvad as a trustworthy alternative.
I too can vouch for Mullvad, excellent service and privacy
Proton better shut this dude up as I really don’t want to find a new platform :|
bad news, Proton’s official reddit account doubled-down on it as a company position (edit: but it was also him too)
Speedrun any% to kiss that ring
ugh, gross. i just signed up for a month to try and get away from google and the rest of the us companies bending the knee. how to trust proton that they won’t give up your data the second trump asks now? time to get a refund and put it toward infomaniak sigh
I was wondering, is proton as trustworthy as everybody says? I generally dislike it because its closed source, but that makes sense considering they have to host servers. but this makes it seem… uncredible. any alternative to protonmail?
I just dislike that they had to take a political stance at all. Companies and celebrities should stay out of politics and focus on what they’re good at/known for.
Don’t agree completely. Celebrities are people too, they can use their voice to do good and activate people with regards to politics. Kinda cruel to just say “focus on what you’re known for, which is a pretty face. I don’t care about anything else that makes you human”
Their reach means they should shut up when it comes to things they have no credibility in. I don’t want a physics professor giving their opinion on RNA vaccines in their class just like I don’t want the singer for a major band giving their opinion on politics.
You know what the physics professor and singer have in common? They can both cast a vote and partake in politics.
Their position makes them able to influence masses of people so they should still refrain from sharing their opinions on subject they have no qualifications to talk about.
We have billionaires starting 1 million dollar lotteries to make people vote certain way and you are worried that a singer’s opinion will affect the outcome?
Do you really think I have nothing against that billionaire?
I understand concern about scientific concepts, but who in your mind has the authority to talk about politics? IMO everyone should have freedom to talk about it, because when it comes to politics no one really is an “expert”.
I’m talking about Musicians playing music, actors acting, sports people playing sports, etc. stick to what they’re good at and known for, not a pretty face.
Same deal. Just because they make music you like, doesn’t mean that’s all there is to them. Musicians, actors, athletes are also individuals with experiences and perspectives that can inspire or activate positive change. Sure, their main talent might be what they’re famous for, but that doesn’t mean their opinions on important matters are invalid. Dismissing their voices entirely just because they have a certain job is a dumb idea.
We differ in opinions, that’s all. I appreciate these people for their talents in what they are known for and that’s why most people are aware of them. I don’t want to start disliking them because they start getting political all of a sudden.
For instance, many many actors use firearms in their scenes but then come out as an anti-gun person. For one I believe in the right to bear arms, not that it’s a huge deal that the actor believes the other way but what really bothers me would be the hypocrisy. They should simply not pick roles or films based around firearms. I just want to enjoy the movie, not be immersed in their politics.
I’m sure you can find counter examples to this and some would hold up in history and exceptions to the rule but the vast majority of people that fit my statement just want more attention
Maybe it’d be better if people on Lemmy stuck to what they’re good at by posting memes and cat pictures and staying out of politics.
I don’t really have a well-written reply for this, but I can see your firearms angle. I invite you to read this: https://www.arc.unsw.edu.au/blitz/read/under-their-influence-should-celebrities-stay-out-of-politicsquestion
The democratic process is designed for participation. So, if celebrities can get more people involved, this means that ordinary people will have more control over how their country is run.
There are entire genres of music that are inherently political
I am suddenly reminded of the words “shut up and sing”.
I mean, I don’t agree with his politics. But this opinion is no different than telling football players to shut up and play football when they were speaking out against systemic violence against minority black communities.
Echo the disagreement. Yes it makes like more complicated, but it is important to know who/what you are supporting.
Not normalizing traitors to the species isn’t exactly “political”, it’s the lowest imaginable bar, and he couldn’t clear it.
I believe that but it would be good to have a source and an archive of the original tweet.
Does anyone have info on the ‘two anti trust bills’ the official account is talking about?
The two antitrust bills associated with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are:
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American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA): Sponsored by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, this bill aimed to prevent Big Tech platforms like Amazon from favoring their own products over competitors’ in online marketplaces[1][3].
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Open App Markets Act (OAMA): Led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, this bill sought to curb Apple and Google’s dominance in the app ecosystem by promoting fair competition and limiting self-preferencing[1][3].
Despite bipartisan support, Schumer did not bring these bills to a vote, effectively stalling their progress[1][3].
Citations: [1] Schumer Kills Bills Big Tech Feared Most | TIME https://time.com/6243256/schumer-kills-antitrust-big-tech-bills/ [2] Senate leader Schumer met with Microsoft President Brad Smith to … https://fedscoop.com/senate-leader-chuck-schumer-met-with-microsoft-president-brad-smith-re-anti-big-tech-bills/ [3] Schumer Accused of Caving to Big Tech as Antitrust Bills Languish https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/12/17/schumer-accused-caving-big-tech-antitrust-bills-languish [4] faq https://www.google.ca/policies/faq [5] Big Tech And Its Congressional Allies Kill Most - HuffPost https://www.huffpost.com/entry/big-tech-antitrust-bills-chuck-schumer_n_63a20cd6e4b0aeb2ace81d7d [6] Progressives pressure Schumer to call a vote on tech antitrust bills https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/22/23273924/progressives-antitrust-reform-bills-klobuchar-chuck-schumer-aico [7] With clock ticking, battle over tech regulation intensifies https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/27/antitrust-tech-battle-congress/
Thank you very much!!
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FFS. Unfortunately there really isn’t a good alternative to Proton right now (don’t @ me about Tuta until you’ve seen how much downtime they had recently).
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