"Kim Dotcom said it" holds about as much weight to me as it being said by my postperson tbh.

What is the point of posting something from 2015?

Nothing is stopping Proton from doing the same thing next week.

Howdy, I work at Proton, this is incorrect: https://proton.me/blog/proton-non-profit-foundation

A nonprofit is the largest voting shareholder of Proton.

There's Beeper and bridges like Heisenbridge which could do this work but the crucial question here is why? The frontends you're talking about help to obscure you from sites on the open web; there's not going to be much of a benefit to adding another party into your chats, which are linked to your phone number.

this, especially as graphene seems to support devices outside of when google would

Why? Google wallet.

I just carry physical cards. I don't really understand this "every step away from google must be painless" attitude.

This would still be less secure.

I believe you're talking absolute nonsense.

That's 1-1, no clear winner as of yet.

For MetaGer, there isn't a free tier as far as I understand or can see. You need to pay for credits but key creation is gratis.