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Capitalism sucks so much that it's tough to even find decent service providers online. I am sickened by people like Andy Yen of Proton (who have had a lot of my money over the years, but not for much longer) spouting "both sides" bullshit, evoking Swiss neutrality tropes with false equivalence between fascists and anarchists, Zionists and Palestinians, and @aral recently reminded me of how the Desmond Tutu quote applies here: "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." I'm sick and tired of techbro culture narratives deliberately disconnecting tech liberties from civil liberties and freedom.

it's kat! 🇵🇸✊

@MediaActivist @aral relatively recently, i finally de-gmailed (& de-googled) & had heard high praise for proton, so signed up. along comes this. fuck.

@kathimmel Firstly, congratulations on de-Googling! Secondly, as recent years passed I signed up for more and more Proton services, and paid for a lot as well. The blessing in disguise here is that it's freed me to shop around and take on services individually as opposed to as a package (which had been playing on my mind more too, from a security standpoint). So while I share some of your frustration, we can take lessons from the experience too (and/or I'm rather desperately trying to find the silver lining haha)

@MediaActivist you're wise & patient - two things i can't count as attributes of my own. :D i suppose one upside is that you learn not to get too attached to email addresses & not to sign up for too much shite.

@kathimmel Definitely an upside! And you are as kind (and self-depracating!) as ever!