One reveals limited data in response to valid court orders.  Based in the respectable jurisdiction of Switzerland.

The other is literally a spyware product that aims to know (and share) everything about you.
Based in a terrorist nation ruled by a pedophile.

You're right. One gives up information to the state, while the other one merely . . . gives up information to the state.

StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears

That's nonsense and a very uneducated take

Proton may not be a utopia but it's by far a better option than google

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Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester

That's nonsense and a very uneducated take

They are opposite ends of a scale

Proton may not be a utopia but it's by far a better option than google