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[–] self@awful.systems 18 points 4 months ago (5 children)

so what rhymes with Proton getting into AI grifting? you fucking guessed it

[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

we still keep a proportion of Proton’s financial reserves in Bitcoin.

further down the page

Proton is not a crypto company. We do not speculate in crypto

[–] self@awful.systems 16 points 4 months ago

so I’ve accidentally been paying shitheads who speculate on crypto to speculate on crypto. I’m kinda angry at myself for not catching this.

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

so what rhymes with Proton getting into AI grifting?

[–] mlen@awful.systems 9 points 4 months ago

Thanks, I hate it

[–] mii@awful.systems 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The fuck is happening over there?

I could have “excused” the AI bullshit as “we did it to appease the corporate customers who make us money” but there’s no way you can spin this.

I’m canceling my account. At this point I might just say fuck it and use my Yahoo mail for everything again.

(And this time the Reddit thread is the dumpster fire I’ve been expecting the last one to be lol)

[–] earthquake@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago

Can't blame this shit on the survey!

I checked, crypto shit was not in any of the top 8 results (top 5 broken out, and they mentioned 3 more, which are surely #6 through #8).

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'm sorry, what's a 1-2-punch, idgi 🤔🤔🤔

(big fat fucking /s ofc)