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Proton CEOs favored US antitrust chief Gail Slater ousted from Trump justice department (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 8 months ago by rainwall@piefed.social to c/protonprivacy@lemmy.world

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Andy praised her directly last year alongside his other pro GOP comments:

Proton reiterated the claim that it is a “politically neutral organization,” then went on to state that “regardless of one’s views about the wider Republication platform, if you agree that action is needed on antitrust then the appointment of Gail Slater is a positive thing,” referring to President Donald Trump’s choice to head the Justice Department’s antitrust division. Proton further stated that “Big Tech CEOs are tripping over themselves to kiss the ring precisely because Trump represents an unprecedented challenge to their monopolistic dominance.”

https://theintercept.com/2025/01/28/proton-mail-andy-yen-trump-republicans/

Has he or the offical Proton account adressed their current position on the GOP now that the Trump admin has fired their most prominent antitrust proponent?

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[–] rainwall@piefed.social [S] -4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child)

So to answer my question, No, Andy has not followed up on his praise of the GOP as the party that will break up big tech now that they have ousted their one good antitrust hire. its blatently clear that Trump can be bribed with inagurations/ballrooms/etc to take no action at all against tech. His big talk was always a push for cash, nothing more. Turns out you can literally kiss Trumps ring, and that will be the end of any enforcement action.

It's okay that Andy was wrong. We can all learn from our mistakes. I would just like him to own it to restore trust in Protons leadership.

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[–] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 1 point 8 months ago

That's what @pulsewidth@lemmy.world is saying. He wasn't wrong. It's the people that blew this up because he approved of a Trump pick, even though this pick happened to be the right person for the job.

I don't think he cares much for the GOP otherwise.

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