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Proton CEO supports business policies of republicans (lemmy.ca)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/37218429

When called out on it, they then doubled down on this dogshit take: https://archive.ph/quYyb

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[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

What do US domestic politics have to do with a small Swiss company? Is there an indication that Proton would be sanctioned otherwise?

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

https://www.openbiz.io/blog/15-things-to-know-about-u-s-taxes-for-foreign-companies

  1. Foreign companies are generally subject to U.S. tax on U.S. source income. This includes income from selling goods or services in the United States, from owning or leasing property in the United States, and from investing in U.S. securities.

So yeah, doing business in the US, getting paid by US people, subjects them to some US regulations. Hence, they are affected by US domestic policy and politics.

[–] 0x0@infosec.pub 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Can americans not use credit processors that reside in another country? This sounds like a non issue for proton as long as they dont market to americans.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

You expect everyone to do that?

[–] 0x0@infosec.pub 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Do what? Enter their credit card info into a webform? Sure, why not?

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

No, go out of their way to sign up with foreign payment agencies.