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People are too hard on Proton (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 days ago by tottle@lemmy.ca to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

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Okay, so the CEO of Proton didn’t pass your purity test, I get it. But you know which CEOs also suck? The CEO of Google and the CEO of Microsoft. How can we expect secure and private alternatives to these ecosystems to flourish if we are constantly engaged in infighting? We will get nowhere if we reject every service that is short of perfect. Let’s keep our eyes on the bigger picture here.

Another hot take: I suspect that at least some of the hate directed at Proton is a smear campaign by some state actor who wants to see private online platforms fail.

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[–] erin@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

He really, really tried. He threatened legal action, sent intimidation to the counties he thinks will "vote wrong," he tried to force mass disenfranchisement of political opponents, he pulled multiple "heads I win, tails you lose" legal arrangements for contested races, he has sown doubt about non-existent widespread election fraud, he tried to overturn an election, he pressures Georgia to "find him more votes," he constantly prosecutes his political opponents on bogus charges that never stick...

I could go on. Do you live under a rock? He's only not controlling this election because he failed. They badly wanted to rig things in their favor, forever. Project 2025.

Edit: oh, right, I left out offering bribes to vote in his favor and instructing state GOPs to gerrymander as hard as possible, while contesting blue states doing the same. Trump is a dictator, he's just bad at it.

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