• edel@lemmy.mlEnglish
    57 minutes

    As I mentioned more in detail in other post, Proton is not the pro-MAGA many had misinterpreted. It is just sloppy at the marketing campaign and its leader makes statements that can easily misunderstood too.

    That said, Proton has decided to aim for the masses, which has proven to be a winning business formula here. However, in that quest, it’s natural that concerns from top-tier privacy users (Linux users, those wanting non-Google push notifications, too-many-eggs-in-a-basket, etc.) get relegated in favor of the bulk of their primary target customers, the regular Joe who simply wants to move away from email and web traffic scraping. We should all applaud that decision, but we also recognize the limitations and big risks of having a single company holding some 80% of this privacy market, both for us and even for Proton. It would be better to foster a healthy, diverse, and more equitable privacy ecosystem.

  • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
    3 hours

    This response is unfeeling and reactive Claude slop. Proton doesn’t care. They’re working to avoid being in trouble.

      • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
        17 minutes

        for once, directly fucking saying they will drop the fascists they are paying for and never doing it again.

        shouldn’t be that hard, but with these it always has to be.

  • magnue@lemmy.world
    5 hours

    “you’re right to raise this” really triggers my AI detection Spidey senses. Sounds like Claude, specifically.

  • vapeloki@lemmy.world
    7 hours

    Written by Claude … “You are right to raise this”… Like chatgpt dashing

    • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7 hours

      Ah, yes, reaffirming that someone raising an issue is correct to have done so is the telltale sign of an LLM. Couldn’t just be basic professional writing etiquette that LLMs were trained forwards and backwards on; it has to have been written by an LLM.

      You don’t actually write formally very much, do you?

      • arin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5 hours

        Formally on reddit? This is 100% AI assisted writing

        • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3 hours

          Formally on reddit?

          Yes. I even write semi-formally on Mastodon for PCSX2 (or wrote; on hiatus) within its constraints; a PR team attempting to apologize for something will normally resort to formality regardless of the forum.

          You’re giving off major “A 10-page essay before AI-assisted writing? As if!” vibes. I’m sorry basic PR etiquette is inconceivable to you personally. The Wendy’s Twitter account is that way if you want to soothe your preconceptions about PR on social media.

      • Doomsider@lemmy.world
        6 hours

        Why you trying to carry water for an AI written reply? I mean I understand bootlicking, but this is next level beyond that.

  • the_crotch@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6 hours

    “You were right to raise this” and “we want to be straight about this” smacks of AI

    • airikr@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3 hours

      Fill me in, what have GOG done? Please link to trustworthy source(s).

    • ZeroHora@lemmy.mlEnglish
      6 hours

      GOG in this situation: Block the video for everyone speaking French.

      But let’s see if Proton actually stop this shit with other right wing weirdos or will just stop the sponsorship with this one dude.

      • Sleepless One@lemmy.mlEnglish
        6 hours

        For sure. I’m suspicious of Proton, though they clearly have a better PR staff. Low bar compared to GOG’s recent self-own.

        • ZeroHora@lemmy.mlEnglish
          6 hours

          Nah this is what peak PR looks like:

          "The right wing ideology is part of my cultural and historical heritage. As a Swiss, I am fully aware of both its history and the sensitivities surrounding it.

          …

          As a Swiss, I have every reason to treat this history with seriousness and respect. Precisely because of that, I reject any suggestion that this promotion carried an extremist message. It did not."

          I’ll never forget this shit, such ass response from GOG

  • Lussy [he/him, des/pair]@hexbear.netEnglish
    5 hours

    An affiliate or sponsorship arrangement is a transactional placement for awareness, not an endorsement of a creator’s views.

    Uh, that’s kind of how this works. You might have your own corporate definition of sponsorship and endorsement but at the end of the day, it’s at the very least tacit approval

  • borth@sh.itjust.works
    5 hours

    “They” sure responded, by not even having a person write their responses. I don’t see how these companies are so blind to it, if I was a Proton customer, this message would be equal to throwing shit on my desk, and not worth reading since they didn’t think it was worth writing.

  • Gleddified@lemmy.ca
    4 hours

    “You’re right to raise this”

    “…and that’s on us”

    Did AI write the whole thing?

  • j4yc33@piefed.socialEnglish
    7 hours

    So I have had other problems with Proton, but they are handling this a hell of a lot better than GOG did.