Generally this is a good point but I think it's not relevant in this case. The author of discussed article claims that they do business with governments and the

Generally this is a good point but I think it's not relevant in this case. The author of discussed article claims that they do business with governments and the knowledge that US government can access their data just by asking their provider to give it to them is not some 'small risk' that you might want to accept to avoid something worse - it's a deal breaker. Expose yourself like that and you have no business.