[silisili]

For me, it's less about Gmail as a service and more about Google as an ecosystem. They won't just mess up your Gmail, but also your YouTube, Stadia, Photos, Gvoice, and many, many more.

If Proton screws up, you just lost your email, not your entire digital life.

[furyofantares]

You can make more than one google account, though

[fsflover]

And all of them can be banned, since Google can correlate them.