> They have shared IP address information before [1]. They have also shared information about the owner of a Proton Mail account with the FBI before.

Any other mail provider can, and most certainly has, done the same thing when forced by a court order.

No one is going to go to prison for you because of your $5.

> In my opinion, Proton glows. If you're a nobody, they will protect your privacy, but if you matter then it seems they won't stand up for you.

How does this differ from any other SaaS service? Unless you specifically target "bulletproof" services, that are oftentimes blocked anyway due to facilitating fraud, scams, and other illegal tranactions (since the whole point is them not obeying the law while operating, until they inevitability get shut down).