I am Swiss, but haven't looked into this in detail. My understanding is that the new law basically would require logging user data, with a six-month retention. While this isn't great, the EU is continually pressing for backdoors in encryption. That's far worse.
Hence, I think Proton's move is really about reducing costs, with the potential Swiss law as an excuse.
> Hence, I think Proton's move is really about reducing costs, with the potential Swiss law as an excuse.
And it sounds like blackmail: "if you don't do what we ask, we leave the country". Seems like more and more companies are doing that. Interesting to use blackmail while defending freedom, if you ask me.