"my threat model here is googles business model, not nation states"
Same here, for this Proton Mail user. I am, of course, attracted to the idea of keeping my mail private from nation states, but Google (and most other providers) is a bigger thing in my (personal) threat model.
Agreed and I'm not the type to be like "well I've got nothing to hide" but the reality is email is a requirement for modern life and I'm guessing nation states can intercept my plaintext mail in places besides the servers of my mail provider so...
Same here, for this Proton Mail user. I am, of course, attracted to the idea of keeping my mail private from nation states, but Google (and most other providers) is a bigger thing in my (personal) threat model.