Agreed on the stupidity. He should have had PR running his accounts or at least approving his posts. But now that the cat is out of the bag I'm really conflicted about being a Proton Visionary subscriber, and try to use other services like Filen, Cryptpad, Bitwarden, Aegis, etc, so I'm not all concentrated on Proton like I was on Google Suite.
I just made a Tuta mail account for if I do decide to move away from Proton.
I have similar conflicted feelings after being a long time Visionary Subscriber.
There's a lot more nuance to it than just 'Proton CEO supports Trump (and therefore all of Trump's policies)'
From the comments: "Andy's statement was to recognise the choice of the Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust division at DOJ. This is someone who has history of going after tech monopolies and allowing room for the little guys (startups) to have a fair chance to grow and innovate. This was not a political endorsement."
And at the very least the CEO controversy reveals all the issues with America's two party Sith or Jedi system, there's no room for nuance or discussion, just rage. Look at all the other top comments here.
Their recruitment practices are also profit-seeking. Job applications require your salary expectations and they don't post their salary range.
Ugh. My Obi-wan moment or something. 'You were the Chosen One Proton!'