Proton users mass-cancel over CEO's pro-AI stance, hurting a real Google rival
hobovirginity · reddit · 2026-11-01
Redditor hobovirginity calls out an irony: privacy-focused Proton is seeing user cancellations because its CEO is pro-AI. The author notes users complain about Google's monopolistic practices yet are happy to kill off an actual Google competitor over its CEO's AI stance — a sign that AI positioning is becoming a real churn risk for tech companies.
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