It wasn't AI that flipped Proton's charge

Re:It wasn't AI that flipped Proton's charge by exceptione on Sunday November 01, 2026 @03:34PM (#50329516)

Don't know if Proton has any shareholders, but I they do, I hope they understand the CEO's position has become untenable, no matter his other real or imaginary qualities. It is (surprisingly) not uncommon for CEO's to have no clue about the business they are leading, but most of them at a minimum understand they should not spook their own customers. If Proton wants to restore trust, they need a leader that at least does not openly trash the company's own offerings.

Aside, with age becomes a deeper understanding of how realistic the Dilbert cartoons are.

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Re:It wasn't AI that flipped Proton's charge by okanat on Sunday November 01, 2026 @03:54PM (#50329765)

I think that trust is burned already. I moved away from Proton to a German provider that sponsors its own infrastructure to be developed as FOSS (yes that means they are commoditizing their own product, but it is the SERVICE that's paid for).

Having shareholders means that the company WILL NOT continue to serve their customers. Any company that has external shareholders is untrustworthy. Everybody should consider them as disposable. It doesn't mean that you cannot have a deal with them, now but the parties should be aware that anything that you share will be misused. So if Proton has any external shareholders, it is already untrustworthy to me.

Therefore, they cannot really gain any trust by being activist shareholders and change leadership. They already supported a certain "persona" to make them money.

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Re:It wasn't AI that flipped Proton's charge by marceldegraaf on Sunday November 01, 2026 @04:16PM (#50329973)

If you don’t mind sharing: what provider did you switch to?

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Re:It wasn't AI that flipped Proton's charge by simpleTaffy on Sunday November 01, 2026 @08:00PM (#50331731)

Not the OP, but my guess is its Tuta Mail (https://tuta.com/). Very solid looking service and FOSS focus

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Re:It wasn't AI that flipped Proton's charge by DavideNL on Monday November 02, 2026 @12:08AM (#50333353)

Could be https://mailbox.org/en/

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Re:It wasn't AI that flipped Proton's charge by okanat on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:22AM (#50334005)

ding ding

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Re:It wasn't AI that flipped Proton's charge by ctolsen on Sunday November 01, 2026 @03:49PM (#50329716)

They do have shareholders, but the majority is held by the Proton Foundation.

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Re:It wasn't AI that flipped Proton's charge by Rapzid on Sunday November 01, 2026 @04:44PM (#50330215)

Looks like Andy Yen, the CEO, was one of the OG founders back in 2014?

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