i use (and pay for) protonmail myself. then main reason i chose it was because it has a free tier, so if i ever miss a payment or can't pay for some reason, i c

i use (and pay for) protonmail myself. then main reason i chose it was because it has a free tier, so if i ever miss a payment or can't pay for some reason, i can still send and receive email. if it wasn't for that reason i would probably just go with fastmail