Yes as I said before its not like yes I will use Proton mail for nefarious stuff and expect that Proton will defend you against a government. The user is responsible for their data safety.
I agree with you these people think that Proton will fight and protect you for $11 a month. Lol we really have to keep in mind that companies will comply to a government request its on you to keep your data secure and communications encrypted.
Please tell me of a email service that is government proof. There is none that doesn't and will never exist. Of course Proton is private and secure as the user is. All of this boils down to the user security hygiene.
Well Beeper is using Matrix and yes you can self host a Matrix Server. I haven't tries IRC before might give it a try but I wanted to know what people mainly use for. Thank you for sharing :)
I am learning about Matrix because of Beeper and Element. Beeper is an all in one app that can bridge to telegram , WhatsApp , Instagram and even iMessage on an android phone. Really good stuff happening over in Beeper.
I am using Matrix because Noah in his Podcast Ask Noah Show really like to talk about it.