Thinking of starting media creation, want to have an email address dedicated to that purpose. Don’t want to go with Gmail as I’d like to phase Google out of my life, amd Protonmail seems i correct for this because it largely wouldn’t be encrypted mail.

Recommendations?

  • ultranaut@lemmy.world
    725·
    2 days ago

    The CEO of Proton recently came out as a right wing partisan who supports American neofascism. I would look elsewhere for email providers, Proton is not as trustworthy as they purport to be.

    • TediousLength@lemmy.ca
      1·
      39 minutes ago

      That line of thinking doesn’t make any sense. I wonder what brand of clothes, electronics, vehicle, foods you’re buying. I’m sure I can find more than one neofascist, companies that fully support the Maga movement, etc… At least Proton is actually working for a better, more private internet, for more open source softwares, and is now operated as a non profit that is audited yearly by a third party. And as other people have said, Proton is not reduced to the political ideas of one board member.

    • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      317·
      2 days ago

      I would say he’s a right-wing “Libertarian” not a maga supporter. People like him say dumb things all the time, Andy Yen is also not an American, so he might be just ignorant to what republicans actually do. If you check his twitter, he posted some pro-ukraine stuff, and has donated to Ukraine, and also is pro- Hong Kong protesters, anti-censorship in Russia and Iran.

      Besides, he may be CEO, but he ain’t a dictator of Proton.

      • ultranaut@lemmy.world
        201·
        2 days ago

        It was completely shocking, I would expect him to be smart enough not to make statements like that but I guess it’s masks off now that their guy is in power.

          • Hossenfeffer@feddit.ukEnglish
            9·
            2 days ago

            I’m not scared. I’m a besmirching machine. He’ll know he’s been besmirched when I lay down some righteous besmirch upon him!

            • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
              7·
              2 days ago

              I think you would be laying down smirch, whilst besmirch describes the laying down process.

              One who had blemished the fair escutcheon of the family by a smirch of heresy.

              T. A. Trollope, Marietta

              smirch, n.

              • Hossenfeffer@feddit.ukEnglish
                5·
                2 days ago

                Nice. In that case I shall smirch him to the end, I shall smirch him on the seas and oceans, I shall smirch him with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, I shall smirch him on the beaches, I shall smirch him on the landing grounds, I shall smirch him in the fields and in the streets, I shall smirch him in the hills; I shall never unsmirch!