Protonmail.uservoice.com is supposedly “The Voice of the Proton Community”. Well last week I was tracking a post that was rising rapidly to the top-most voted in the “general ideas” category. And this morning when I went to check if it was at the top yet, it’s just gone without a trace. No sign that it was ever there
OC by @akilou@sh.itjust.works
Nov 3 snapshot of the General Ideas page, showing top post calling for Yen’s departure: https://web.archive.org/web/20261103153135/https://protonmail.uservoice.com/forums/945460-general-ideas
Nov 7 snapshot of the post with 2457 votes: https://web.archive.org/web/20261107022144/https://protonmail.uservoice.com/forums/945460-general-ideas/suggestions/51869994-andy-yen-ceo-should-step-down-completely
Current link to the post bounces to the list with message “That idea has been deleted” https://protonmail.uservoice.com/forums/945460-general-ideas/suggestions/51869994-andy-yen-ceo-should-step-down-completely
These should all be referenced when writing to the Proton Foundation until a response is issued.
Proton had a decently-managed reputation until there were just too many missteps to hide.
Even Andy Yen’s praise of the entire Trump administration (including JD Vance by name) was swept under the rug, thanks in part to complicit moderators on Reddit’s Privacy community
Those mods are an absolute joke. They also claim that it is impossible for a device’s microphone to be remotely turned on to spy on people.
The company is sinking fast.
Thank you for tracking this and collecting the evidence.
If anyone was still hoping Proton might deal with this issue appropriately and move past it, there’s the answer.
Abandon ship.
A similar one was closed with
Thank you for taking the time to share this. UserVoice is intended for feature requests about Proton’s products, so this idea is being closed.
This is a feature though
Maybe they could insert a button in their apps to fire andy yen linked to a like/dislike-meter, preferably “anonymous” to keep up with the proton way™️, thats a feature right?
Yes, request a feature to request Andy Yen’s firing.
So where are we all going instead? I don’t think mullvad is a viable alternative for much of the same reasons, and port forwarding is a non-negotiable to me. Everyone is saying they’re going elsewhere but no one is saying where they’re going.
ivpn
port forwarding is a non-negotiable to me
I wasn’t aware, my bad
tuta filen ovpn
I’m assuming you’re referring to OVPN and not OpenVPN? How are the speeds compared to Proton VPN?
Yeah Im not a heavy user, but when I use OVPN the speeds are fine. Although i have just read that Mullvard actually owns OVPN…so maybe I’ll be looking for a new provider!
