[class3shock]

The balanced view is Proton is a service that does not treat you as the product and does what I would describe as, the best it can, to provide privacy. They seem to avoid keeping data where they can but do cooperate with government when legally required to. The location they are in has more legal protections for privacy than most places.

If you are a normie wanting to not have your data sold and not have a company violating your privacy for non-legal reasons, they seem like a solid choice.

If you are worried about government level actors working against you or are the sort that gets put off at the idea of a service marketed as "privacy respecting" using any US based sub services, look elsewhere.

If you want references just start reading through comments on any topic here pertaining to proton.