@mailbox_org@mastodon.social @protonmail i think the primary problem is if you fail to pay the subscription on your account you will loose access to your emails, so who owns the data in that situation, i am not sure another service solves this problem? protonmail customer support to their credit is fantastic, proton vpn never was very reliable and can't be used with openvpn, i think, so not cross platform, never used the bridge plus you have to pay $$
@goatwildernesscollective @mailbox_org
Hi! Please note that this is not exactly true. If you fail to pay for your subscription in time, you remain able to use your Proton account for another 14 days before your access to it is limited. If you fail to clear the outstanding invoice in those 14 days too you will be restricted from accessing your data within Proton Mail until your bill is paid. Once it is paid, you can use it again. If you wish to switch to Free you simply need to downgrade.