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[–] ShareMySims@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I can't be the only one who struggled to read that, and for general accessibility purposes since I'm already here:

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andy1011000 Proton CEO posted:

"People honestly seem to forget that I live in Switzerland, where Republican/Democrat doesn't mean anything, and Trump isn't even on our ballot to be voted for..."

Onyx376. replied:

"The point is that fighting for a more just and equal society is not just about fighting for the fundamental right to privacy but also for all other fundamental rights, including individual rights and life. When you, as the CEO of a company that starts from these principles, nod positively to whatever action a political figure like Trump, who is known for always flagrantly putting his private interests ahead of those of his own nation, makes speeches about eliminating minorities, hurting their rights as citizens and flirting with Nazi movements, it is understandable that members of the privacy community are disappointed as this reveals a little about who is being the face of a company that should follow contrary principles. But now we really know what "freedom" means to you."

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Doing the Lord's work right here. I absolutely cannot stand screenshots of desktop apps.

Mobile screenshots will be readable on both mobile and desktop.

But desktop screenshots are only readable on desktop.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Doesn't seem to be the case here, but could it be due to subpixel rendering?

It renders fine, it's just a pain to read due the wide aspect ratio. Either it's too small or you have to scroll horizontal for reach line, or you have to flip your phone. None of it it is optimal.

[–] Confidant6198@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Just a reminder that democrats funded a genocide and police brutality. Democrats are no better than Republicans.

[–] atmur@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Holy shit he's still arguing with people about this today?

[–] komplexLCG@leminal.space 1 points 2 years ago

Giorgio Galli ... the born of Nazism and please stop to rant about Trump and Nazism ... the Nazism did not born in Germany but in the civilized Vienna and in France, the young Hitler was having masters that did not seen a judge after the war and the heritage of them is still very much thriving in Bruxelles ... and really I am not here to lecture but to explore the web iceberg with freemind and happiness ... not to bother myself with these gross traces of ignorance ( very easy to be solved with 4-5 kilos of right books ).

[–] enbyecho@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Glad I cancelled. If the CEO is this clueless and/or and/or ignorant and/or disingenuous do I really want them responsible for my private data?

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

andy88, if he cares about proton, should have resigned yesterday

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Isn't 88 neo-Nazi code for "heil Hitler"? And isn't putting it in binary to disguise it evidence that he knows full well what it means?

[–] Trent@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As much as I'm not terribly fond of the guy, IIRC he's 36, which makes '88' likely short for 1988, the year he was born.

[–] ZeroCool@feddit.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That’s correct, he was asked about it on Reddit too and confirmed it was just his birth year.

Since it’s a common dog whistle though I do think it’s always worth questioning. Particularly when it’s tied to someone licking Trump’s boots.

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A lot of Nazis were supposedly born in 1988...

But in this specific case, i believe him.

[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Even if he is born in 1988, he could have picked a non-Nazi suffix for his username.

[–] DolphinMath@slrpnk.net -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Not even a little in this situation. Maybe take your head out of your ass and stop spreading lies. He literally addressed this head on.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i2nz9v/comment/m7nr5ym/

His reply in text form:

It's the year I was born, and also a lucky number in Taiwan where I am from:Β https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88_(number)#%3A%7E%3Atext=Number+88+symbolizes+fortune+and%2Csupermarkets+often+contain+many+8s.

[–] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I seem to remember that Switzerland has a history of profiting from their relationships with Nazi's. Thus they might not be a good source of advice as to what to do about Nazi's.

[–] BothsidesistFraud@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

It's dumb to call Trump a nazi and the populist wing of the Republican party nazis.

It's not even clever at this point, maybe it was edgy and transgressive like 7 years ago.

The reason it's dumb is that you are wasting all of your powerful language and you will have no more if things get worse. Boy who cried wolf. Just like people did to racist which used to carry great power and now is basically meaningless as a powerful descriptor.

[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 0 points 2 years ago

Andy will one day find out that, in the eye of the magat beholder, he is nothing but yellow. I hope he enjoys getting spent as the token he has become.

[–] Water_Melon_boy@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A wise man once told me, don't mess with politics. The moment you show stance (which usually isn't beneficial), you cut off options from yourself and endanger customer relationship.

Proton should just do business as usual, without that single post things would probably be just fine.

[–] koper@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

The fight for privacy and digital freedom is inherently political.

[–] novacomets@lemmy.myserv.one -1 points 2 years ago

The pathology of the reply is a psychosis