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Similar issues with Proton CEO, he seems to be a Trump fan.
Furthermore, I heard it's generally bad practice to use a VPN provider from your own jurisdiction, AirVPN mentionend above is located in Italy for example and won't sell any accounts to Italians for that reason.
He is not: https://medium.com/@ovenplayer/does-proton-really-support-trump-a-deeper-analysis-and-surprising-findings-aed4fee4305e
begs the question of why tuta doesn't keep accidentally praising trump and his fascists.
are you saying that proton doesn't have any?
i was going to become a customer until it's ceo voiced support for trump and every single fascist-friendly incident created by proton since then has made me glad that i've never given them a penny.
the people of this community are proton fanboys and the downvotes prove it. lol
this makes a lot more sense than anything else i've heard and especially why they keep accidentally praising trump and his fellow fascists.
The reason air won’t sell accounts to Italians is because Italy has a law against using technology to view or share pirate soccer broadcasts and air doesn’t want to or can’t prevent people from doing that (also they’re positioned in the marketplace perfectly for piracy and just about nothing else).
It’s not because they believe or follow the recommendation that a provider be outside the users country of residence. Which is advice that’s situational.
Just connect to a VPN and buy it anyway! I know a friend who did