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Proton Hears their Users and Does the Exact Opposite (proton.me)
submitted 5 days ago by to c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world
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In an effort to stem the bleeding from the backlash about their AI usage and their CEO's meltdown, they decide to do the exact opposite and go all in.

...I'm tired, boss.

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[–] 101 points 5 days ago (9 children)

This is so frustrating because I started degoogling exactly a year ago, and had finally managed to get completely free of Google mostly thanks to the proton ecosystem... But it took a whole year! I am just settling. I am a mom of two under-10yo boys in my forties. I don't have time for this shit. I thought I was gonna die a proton user. Fucking hell.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    Holy shit. I've spent more than a year and I'm a fucking nerd with no kids to worry about. Hats off to you lady.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Haha thanks, but I am a fucking nerd too and having kids is the biggest motivator for doing all you can for a better future. But yeah the time it takes to be able to go against the big-tech and surveillance state is NOT family friendly at all. Which is ironically why so many people become complicit in the system after having kids. It is by design.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago

    Well, I'm proud of you for trying. I made an effort some years ago trying to set up a cloud for the extended family to use, but it is so much work to actually keep it all fast, safe and going at all times and I don't want to be the reason that everybody loses their family photos. Maybe I'm overthinking it.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    Sorry you're having to worry about this.

    For what it is worth, I think you're still better off at Proton (where their AI idiocy could leak your private information) than at Gmail (where their user agreements seem to indicate they proactively sell it.)

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 child)

    Yeah, and mine just got renewed for a year a couple of months ago so I'm gonna stick with it for the time being, hoping they listen to their paying customers while exploring the self hosting options but I really am not sure that's for me. I managed to do a lot of privacy related improvements in my digital life by just following github instructions blindly and such, but I think self hosting for email is the step that really goes above my pay grade. I tried doing jellyfin and high seas to stop paying for ellison's hbo but it didn't work out well and I'm back to paying for it begrudgingly. Ugh.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago

    I hear that.

    I've taken multiple runs at most of my digital freedoms.

    I figure I can always take another run at whatever continues to bother me, given time.

    And remember, you're already protecting yourself better than most people manage.

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