▲ 864 ▼ Proton’s CEO Cancels AI ‘Re-Interviews’ (www.404media.co) submitted 1 week ago by Itwasntme223@discuss.online to c/technology@lemmy.world 243 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] buzz@piefed.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 child) What about it always gave you the ick? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) They way they marketed their VPN early on was the first thing I thing. The VPN seemed great but the marketing felt like virtue signalling, I don't really remember the specifics so it could have been a me thing. Then the news broke they turned over user data to authorities. I kind of expected it but they pushed the fact that they were in Switzerland like it made them more shielded from that (again kind of a marketing distaste). Then this year there was them accidentally funding a french far right youtuber. A small enough thing to have been a mistake, but also it piles on to the bad feelings. So it's not antagonism, but it's an ick. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) They way they marketed their VPN early on was the first thing I thing. The VPN seemed great but the marketing felt like virtue signalling, I don't really remember the specifics so it could have been a me thing. Then the news broke they turned over user data to authorities. I kind of expected it but they pushed the fact that they were in Switzerland like it made them more shielded from that (again kind of a marketing distaste). Then this year there was them accidentally funding a french far right youtuber. A small enough thing to have been a mistake, but also it piles on to the bad feelings. So it's not antagonism, but it's an ick. permalink fedilink source parent