I’ve been subscribed to Proton Unlimited for a little while now and enjoying the services, but I also want to know what made other people choose Tutanota or Posteo over Proton. Was it cost? Transparency/security stuff? Location data is held? I’m exploring a lot of things in the privacy space and seeing what else is out there. Wanted to create this thread as a more recent post people could look at as well.
Re: Proton
https://x.com/andyyen/status/1864436449942110660
https://theintercept.com/2025/01/28/proton-mail-andy-yen-trump-republicans/
EDIT: However, he donates to Liberal causes, who knows maybe he was signalling to the Trump admin like 95% of businesses
I knew someone was going to bring this up. So read this:
https://medium.com/@ovenplayer/does-proton-really-support-trump-a-deeper-analysis-and-surprising-findings-aed4fee4305e
Small piece from the article:
Under Yen’s leadership, Proton donates a sizeable amount of cash, and the benefactors are easy to find since non-profits must disclose donations. In total, I’ve identified over 30 organizations that received grants from Proton, and you can find a partial list here. Interestingly, they also made a few donations not publicized on that page (one was to a Hong Kong democracy org, which might explain why it was hidden).
Findings:
In my research, I discovered that under Andy’s leadership, Proton has a giving pattern similar to George Soros, one of the Democratic Party’s mega-donors.
Also, look who’s getting the next round of financing from Proton: https://proton.me/blog/2025-lifetime-account-charity-fundraiser
He’s not a tankie. He’s very liberal. There’s no evidence he ever supported Republicans, let alone Trump.
…what
Lol