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Proton Mail Says It's "Politically Neutral" While Praising Republican Party

by mike-cardwell on 1/28/25, 8:19 PM with 5 comments

• by bell-cot on 1/28/25, 8:36 PM

  So...do they need some remedial "have_cake XOR eat_cake" training for their CEO? Or just to take away his X account?

• by blackeyeblitzar on 1/28/25, 8:44 PM

  His post was about taking action against the monopolies / anticompetitive big tech companies, which he correctly noted is something Trump is more likely to tackle. Action against big tech creates more room for smaller companies that are in competition with the big ones, like Proton. This seems to me to be politically neutral since it is about what’s right for their business.

  Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42837181

• by k310 on 1/30/25, 2:50 PM

  Trump is now a fanboi of big tech, one of whom has an office in the Eisenhower building and WH email address [0].

  You dance with the date who drove you to the dance.

  "Big Tech" is only a problem when it disagrees with him.

  [0] https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/what-did-elon-musk-get-...