I know the one lone comment you're talking about and I wouldn't call it Pro-Trump, but more pragmatic and pro-republican - which is still not a good place to be when about 90% of the Republican party are to the right of the Nazis. But they've done a ton in the opposite direction too including millions of donations and free accounts for journalists.

While I was shocked and saddened, I don't think it was anything more than many other CEO's do - they try to play their hand the best they can. In 2025-2026, it's clear that all the DEI pushes were largely there to curry favor with democrats - now that they think the wind is blowing the other way, DEI is gone. You think Tim Cook - I mean, Tim Apple - likes Trump? I don't. But he holds his nose (literally and figuratively) because he knows Trump is a vindictive moron who could shut Apple's entire business down one one Turd on Truth social announcing 1000% tariffs and am embargo and adding their suppliers to the Entity List.

But unlike Google, or Facebook, assuming Proton is truly entered encrypted on our end and they don't have access to anything, there's little they can do. They're also not subject to U.S. laws. They can, if they want or the Swiss order them to, log certain actions and share those.

My threat model for using Proton is I like to mouth off against Trump and I know he doesn't like that. There's a non-zero chance I'll die in a camp for what I post. I'm actively writing a book about him as it happens, inspired by William Shirer's many works that he wrote while living in and reporting from Nazi Germany. And I hate advertising and hate AI.

My thing is, I don't trust anyone. I don't trust the WD drives in my NAS (even though I've never had a WD die, and never had a Seagate that didn't fail), I don't trust Google - at all, I don't really even trust Proton. I don't trust Digital Ocean where my Mastodon is, and my web shit. I no longer trust any website, even Google. I assume every byte I create will eventually be leaked on the dark web. But I don't let it paralyze me, I make minor adjustments and live on. Even with FIOS at home, I can't host it all myself, so I allocate risk and minimize it where possible.

I use Proton with my own domain, I almost never use my real emails, I use SimpleLogin aliases, which used to be at Addy.io but could be ported elseware. I backup my emails offline, I backup my Free Gsuite with Synology, I backup my photos a truly paranoid number of times, I stored backups in a firesafe on multiple drives, burn shit to DVD, you name it.

If Proton went full MAGAt, I could be off of there and on Tuta, or Atomic or StartMail without disruptions in 48 hours or less.

I can reroute my emails in a few clicks by using SimpleLogin Aliases. If I had to, I could switch back to Addy.io, and use the catch-alls while I set up each alias again.

That's the real thing - trust, but be able to up and move. And Email is the simplest way to do that. It's just too bad so many Domain registrars are shit.

tuta's mail app and calendar are alright for daily use. I use proton to write to people on proton so it stays encrypted but apart from that tuta is as "ready" as proton + tuta doesn't have miscalculated "tweets" in their history