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@alice @deafhobbit : the article looks more like marketing-neutral-gibberish-emptyness designed to not hurt anybody because "we-have-customers-from-all-side-of-the-spectrum". This is also very Swiss mentality: you can only gather support for your pet issue by being neutral at everything else.
I hate this marketing-neutral-bullshit trend and @protonprivacy has always been particularly bad at it. Andy Yen is a very bad communicator.
But this is in no way a Trump endorsement.
@ploum @alice @deafhobbit @protonprivacy The article reads like he doesn't take any other problems seriously and that the difference between white/Christian nationalists and the minorities they target doesn't matter as long as they buy their product, so it's still offputting
@sudoer777 @alice @deafhobbit @protonprivacy : I understand (and agree) with your vision but you have to realize that for someone who is not an American and doing business with Americans, you can’t simply says "You guys are voting for a dangerous extremist". You don’t have the right to judge other people in a foreign country.
And this is really a strong part of the Swiss culture. (Switzerland remained neutral during WWII)
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If I may add, maybe it's better to not say anything...
@marcelcosta @alice @protonprivacy @deafhobbit @sudoer777 : Agreed. True neutral should keep their mouth shut. Andy Yen is a really bad communicator. He should really get some help on that level.
I believe that this was some kind of marketing: "trying to do marketing to attract people fearing Trump while not being repulsive to Trump supporters". (which is a bad idea badly executed).
@ploum @alice @deafhobbit @protonprivacy He's judging other people in a foreign country by promoting things American politicians do, and the most "neutral" option would have been to not bring it up at all
@sudoer777 @alice @deafhobbit @protonprivacy : indeed.
Now, I’ve read more of his argument and the point is that he actually work with the US administration to promote privacy and antimonopoly. So there’s one part of him that could not be "against power" as he has to work with the power.
This could have been expressed very differently. I still consider that this is a lack of communication skills (because his clarifications make sense), not a deep ideological issue.