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this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2025
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This may sound drastic but really I think the only move for Proton is fire Andy. Theyβre a non-profit, the board need to step in. He has single-handedly cost the company both current and potential customers by just not being smart enough to keep his mouth shut. This makes him an idiot, and an idiot as CEO is not a good look (see: anything musk)
Andy Yen really dropped the ball especially because he hasn't done anything significant to really establish trust in his leadership and the biggest thing he does is tank the company image.
Dude had the easiest job in the world β shut up, look smart, pretend to care and delegate. Instead, he jumps head first into left vs right of US politics on Twitter of all places π€‘
I'm not going to change from Proton because of this, but what you're suggesting is probably not a bad idea. CEOs are and should be easy to replace and mistakes like this are pretty standard reason why CEOs get booted.
edit removed some rather incriminating, unverified claims about Andy Yen
So... any petition or open letter to sign?
I think you need to be in Proton's Board of Directors to have any effect on this. Perhaps if some of those guys are your friend?
https://proton.me/about/team