I thought you meant he deleted his Proton account or something. Felt like drama.
I didn’t know he worked at Proton after selling Standard Notes. Honestly this just feels like life. As @ZenByte described, the man just wants to move to move on with his life. I can feel him to be honest. I don’t think there’s anything fancy behind the scenes.
As for Proton not saying anything, I don’t think there’s anything special about it either. They wouldn’t make an official announcement everytime an employee comes and go. Sure, he’s maybe a special case, but they probably felt his own announcement was enough.
I hope his Slack alternative is cool though. I’ve been waiting for Revolt to be an actual alternative to Discord and been eyeing Slack as one as well. Alas, the divide between “Working” and “Gaming” seems to force people into one app or the other when in reality they’re pretty much the same. If he has privacy fatigue though I doubt he will put a focus on it on this new app. We’ll see.
I also hope this means Standard Notes will finally be fully integrated with the Proton ecosystem (and added for free to current and future Unlimited users…)