Proton works with spy agencies and has been caught so many times with their pants down, doing the worst, that I can't keep up with it any longer.
Then on every thread they deploy a massive army of people to defend their bullshit. They do this here, Reddit, Twitter, etc.
It's CryptoAG all over again.
But to be fair, they aren't the only ones doing it.
"Prrrreeeaseee trust us with yerr sekretss!!1!!"
Edit: I'll throw this bone. They leverage your data.