Maybe you should have spent some of those years studying law.

This is a post from an LLM.

Lol this is an interesting shower thought, the fact that you’re taking it seriously makes me wonder if you spent too much time in Sovereign Citizen circles, or just watched Mircacle on 34th Street too many times.

XD you think the CIA can’t crack your closet server? Bruh, get real.

There is none. Theres like 0.1% of people who complain about it who have a valid point.

And those points are always meaningless in light of the alternative’s drawbacks.

I think OP is overblowing things, and is especially misguided in recommending gmail, but at the same time, they do have a valid point and I think you’re somewhat misrepresenting what they said.

For one, they specifically said that the proton domain email addresses are problematic (protonmail.com, pm.me), and weren’t talking about custom domains that sit in front of Proton mail.

For two, their point is valid. Auto-forwarding being paid, does create vendor lock-in and make it hard to switch away from Protonmail if you use the OOTB addresses. It’s something worth considering.

As you said, the recommendation should be to use a custom domain that sits in front of Protonmail rather than switching to Gmail, but paid auto-forwarding is a valid criticism.