Significant changes to Proton's business philosophy and leadership need to be made in order for the company to know it has a long-term future. Otherwise, you'll continue to see cancellations for both the short-term and the long-term. This will lead to more employees leaving voluntarily and eventually, layoffs. Other companies/apps will continue to step up and eventually, Proton will wither to nothing.

This is a moment in time where Proton needs to choose whether or not it has a future.

Andy needs to be removed from Proton. This will not be a good image for Proton we all switched away from Google or Microsoft for a reason, but if Proton goes this path, then we are all well prepared to switch away from Proton.

We do not want AI Slop we want high quality human made software.

Fully agree.

This is not the attitude or management style befitting of a privacy-based organization.

This kills my trust in the brand.

Never would have thought that protonmail gets AI psychosis, but here we are

If there's not policy changes to ban use of AI with actual IT engineers, I will be cancelling my protonmail description and moving to other platforms. Unbelivable

This blind rush to replace competent engineers with inconsistent AI is too high risk for a security focused product. Add to that the toxic treatment of employees and you get a recipe for disaster.

I have both a family ultimate plan and a paid business plan for my small business on Proton and have been a customer for years. I have cancelled my renewal. If Andy Yen and Bart Butler do not very publicly leave the company, and are not replaced by people who understand that the only business of Proton is high quality, security, and trust, then I will never reactivate. If I wanted insecure slop from an evil company, I could have saved a lot of money and gone with Gsuite.

Out with Andy Yen!

The behavior exposed by 404 Media is not in line with what users/subscribers to Proton want, and it will cost the company. We want an eco system created carefully with the goals of privacy and security baked in with intention, not any old AI slop that can make production fast.

Was just getting comfortable on proton and now i'm thinking about moving again to Tuta or similar. Even disregarding his atrocious AI stance, his conduct towards employees is grounds for immediate termination. I would strongly recommend that the board replace him before he further damages Proton's reputation.

It's either him and his tech-bro friends or the customers. OUT!!
https://www.404media.co/manifestos-fear-and-loser-thinking-inside-protons-ai-reckoning/

I am horrified to see that Yen and other Proton leaders have succumbed to AI psychosis. This is not compatible with leading an organization like Proton that has built their brand on being secure and private.

Either the leadership goes or the customers will.

Get rid of Andy Yen: https://www.404media.co/manifestos-fear-and-loser-thinking-inside-protons-ai-reckoning/

Agreed. I pay for my subscription for quality and security, not vibe coding and compromised products.

Resolve to unblock subscription renewal.