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Proton CEOs favored US antitrust chief Gail Slater ousted from Trump justice department (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by rainwall@piefed.social to c/protonprivacy@lemmy.world
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Andy praised her directly last year alongside his other pro GOP comments:

Proton reiterated the claim that it is a “politically neutral organization,” then went on to state that “regardless of one’s views about the wider Republication platform, if you agree that action is needed on antitrust then the appointment of Gail Slater is a positive thing,” referring to President Donald Trump’s choice to head the Justice Department’s antitrust division. Proton further stated that “Big Tech CEOs are tripping over themselves to kiss the ring precisely because Trump represents an unprecedented challenge to their monopolistic dominance.”

https://theintercept.com/2025/01/28/proton-mail-andy-yen-trump-republicans/

Has he or the offical Proton account adressed their current position on the GOP now that the Trump admin has fired their most prominent antitrust proponent?

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[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

If you read the Guardian article, Gail Slater did exactly the job Andy Yen said she would when he praised her as a pick for the antitrust chief role.

She's tried to block a $14b merger between Hewlett-Packard and Juniper Networks stating their business sector is far too consolidated already "and would create a duopoly", among other positive antitrust actions.

She was an objectively good pick for the role, and is now being ousted because she's doing her job too well, and that's awkward for Bondi and Trump as they want to have the freedom to rubber-stamp any merger they like, once the tolls (contributions, concessions, no doubt direct bribes we'll only later find) have been paid.

His other statement that you highlight has also been proven to be factually accurate. Big tech has been tripping over their dicks to kiss the Trump ring since before the swearing-in, and continue to do so every day.

If anything, the only response due is a "yeah ok, our bad, we blew this all out of proportion and context" from all the rabid anti-Proton weirdos.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 weeks ago

This again? Jesus christ. The man supported a person who was actually good at her job and also just got fired as a result of that.

Time to chill tf out.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The fact that she was ousted over "irreconcilable differences" seems like vindication of Andy's statements to me.

[–] rainwall@piefed.social -3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

How do you figure that? These are Andys own words:

“10 years ago, Republicans were the party of big business and Dems stood for the little guys, but today the tables have completely turned.”

The GOP just ousted their one good antitrust hire in their first year. Big tech keeps giving Trump cash payments for pet projects in a clear example of corruption to prevent any action agaisnt their monopolies.

I dont see how the above makes the GOP the party of the "little guys" like Andy asserted. How have "the tables turned" if they ousted the only person they had working against big tech while taking bribes from big tech?

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I was referring to his original statement as it pertains to the OP.

[–] rainwall@piefed.social -3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Those were all Andys statements, made at the same time.

I can see why Andy thought that having Gail Slater onboard was a sign that they would take antitrust at least somewhat seriously. Not Lena Khan serious, but still. Well, shes been ousted by her own party, and its utterly clear that big tech can just pay the GOP to make antitrust go away.

At this point, none of Andy's praise of the GOP has turned out to be true. I'd like to see if he's adjusted his viewpoint now that things are clearer, or if he has double downed on the "pay to play" GOP still somehow being there for the little guy like Proton.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

Once again, I was not referring to any of those statements, only the one regarding Gail Slater.