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[โ€“] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 28 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Theyโ€™re much better than Proton. Like Blaze they do not want to get political.

[โ€“] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 28 points 5 days ago (1 children)

they do not want to get political

oh but they do, they advocate for open source and privacy rights.

[โ€“] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 5 days ago (1 children)

and climate rights (they even have an entire section about it on their homepage)

[โ€“] Sunny@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 days ago

Their homepage?

[โ€“] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

Not wanting to get political is a ๐Ÿšฉ

Most western countries have a conservative party pushing against all things FOSS, anti-monopoly, privacy protection, data control, beneficial regulations, etc.

Proton caught flak because one of their board members vocally supported "the bad guys" who stand against everything proton claimed to defend and support.