[protonprivacy]

Andy did not endorse Trump, just the Republican nominee for antitrust. Nevertheless, we have retracted the statement, which was put out by mistake due to an internal miscommunication. Proton is not controlled by any single person but by the nonprofit Proton Foundation, which has neutrality in its governing principles, and that remains the case today.

[fnordsensei]

To give more context:

Andy, or someone else, posted what can be read as an endorsement[1].

> Until corporate Dems are thrown out, the reality is that Republicans remain more likely to tackle Big Tech abuses.

Putting aside that this was a divisive statement, the problem emerged when this was posted by the official company account.

For the duration of time that this was the official response, it's not unreasonable for the public to assume that Andy, or someone else, endorsed a political party using the official company account.

This is the core of what caused the incident to escalate.

It was later retracted, and followed up with a statement[2] on the incident.

[1]: https://archive.ph/2yWGz

[2]: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1i2nz9v/on_poli...

[n4r9]

The irony is that this was already changing: anti-trust has been massively empowered under Biden and Lina Khan. Trump is certainly attempting to bandwagon this tide, but the appearance of so many Big Tech leaders in VIP seats at his inauguration does not lend a favourable hindsight view to Andy Yen's statement.

[yndoendo]

Sorry, your CEO tainted any respect I have for your organization. I was planning on move to your service this year. Now I am looking else where.

The statement maybe retracted but the message and statement and ideology remain. I cannot trust your organization based on your CEO.

The irony is the collection of big-tech that showed up for and financially supported Trump. This has a great profound outlook on real antitrust action towards those individuals and their organizations. Actions are more verbose than words but often ignored.

[DroidPort]

In this case though... the actions you are referring to are the words Andy Yen used?

[randomthought12]

As a long-time user and a volunteer on the translation team, I can't begin to express my disappointment with this.

I've subscribed to Proton for several years, and I now deeply regret my decision. Regardless of any explanations about the removal of the statement or internal miscommunication, the damage is already done.