you are paying for the service and are not the product being sold; you are trusting a company that specializes in email, rather than using an email service prov

you are paying for the service and are not the product being sold; you are trusting a company that specializes in email, rather than using an email service provided by an advertising company. If that's a concerned with FYEY, other options exist (like protonmail or tutanota), but they aren't as polished as Fastmail.