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I don't disagree in concept but the problem is governments already are the bad guys. We know the US has contracted with another government to torture citizens of third countries. We know the UK is going to charge Greta with terrorism charges because she held up a sign in an annoying way. We know Germany has lost the fight vs Nazis, again. The bad part is already here.
In proton's case it's more insulting because their whole marketing schtick is fake privacy. Private email but only if everyone you know is on the same service and even the only the body of the email is private. Private vpn even though vpns don't do much for privacy unless the privacy you want is your isp to not know you're torrenting tentacle porn. They've added some other things lately that seem actually private but they were so late to the game it hardly matters.