121 points

I feel like I’d even trust Zuckerberg over Musk with my email

And I’d never trust Zuckerberg with my email

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I wouldn’t even trust them with my public keys

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I’m borrowing that.

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Are you going to give it back?

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This remembers me of the possibility of him buying TikTok and renaming it to “X Vídeos”. What are the odds of such a tragicomedy to happen?

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That would be hilarious

I live in some hope that he renames his holding company “XCOM” so that it can join the likes of Skynet in making our childhoods real…

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But xcom were supposed to be the good ones. Have we been lied all this time?

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I think it could happen. As soon as he’s in the government, they will decide that TikTok is illegal, and he’ll either launch the clone or buy the US version from them.

I actually believe it’s more likely than not.

Then the propaganda machine will include both Twitter and TikTok. You’ll probably never see a fair election again in the US.

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Wait didn’t they already decide TikTok was illegal? I thought that ban was taking effect soon

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AFAIK it’s only banned for government officials and maybe their family.

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I’ve seen popular social media get banned. Again and again. It doesn’t really lead to local alternatives gaining traction, it just leads to even a gramma knowing what a VPN is.

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And also profess his love of hamsters.

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And just like that, I’m suddenly way more comfortable google…

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The bar is pretty low, but yeah. At least Google provides a pretty good email service. I can’t have the same confidence in a Musk product.

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I’ll be sticking with Protonmail, personally

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I tried switching to Proton. They took my money somehow (I think I was looking over the paid options and then got distracted and auto filled. Basically I wasn’t paying attention) and then when I noticed on my cc bill I contacted them to say 'hey, I didn’t mean to pay for all these features I don’t need and am not using. Can I please have a refund?" They were like “lol it’s been a month and 2 days so no, enjoy your 17 email addresses and some other crap you aren’t using and don’t need.”.

Still looking for an alternative to Google but it isn’t going to be Proton.

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That honestly seems like a reasonable response from Proton. You signed up for their paid service; you’re not entitled to a refund because you weren’t paying attention

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I’ve never been more satisfied hosting my own email than after reading this.

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Called this before the election. Musk is going to try and angle to get his shitty platforms to be used exclusively by government agencies. It’s an out in the open plan to just steal and funnel taxpayer money for bullshit.

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