Proton CEO Andy Yen gave a surprisingly sharp interview to the Swiss magazine "watson" (source in German: https://www.watson.ch/digital/wirtschaft/517198902-proton-schweiz-chef-andy-yen-zum-ausbau-der-staatlichen-ueberwachung). He warned that Proton might leave Switzerland if new surveillance laws are passed, which aligns with the company’s strong pro-privacy stance. So far, nothing unexpected.

However, Yen’s remarks about Swiss officials - describing them as lifelong bureaucrats, all lazy, and incompetent - came across as arrogant and out of place, almost like something you’d expect from a capitalism praising Trump supporter. he also was quoted in the interview, that the US works better (so they consider to move there?).

The interview left me speechless, and I’m certain I won’t be considering Proton for any of my future projects

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[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

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I assume this is poster's seelf deletion because otherwise more of the post would be gone including title and creator. is this a smear campaign?

I mean, things we have seen in the past does not inspire a lot of trust, but what is this?

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago

On my side it's

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I don't know exactly what that means, but it doesn't appear like the person who wrote it meant to delete it, or avoid criticism about it