Only recently, but been recommended them a few times here and there. Seems very good so far, personally use it with Thunderbird, as I prefer the UI and features it offers. It’s also very very reasonably priced. Plus it’s German service, so has good privacy laws (depends on your privacy model I guess), but suits mine.
There is also https://posteo.de/en, that could be worth checking out.
Mailbox.org is probably the most affordable
I dotn know much about Mozilla VPN, but I believe I heard its a white label of Mullvad, so I assume thir feature set to be similar.
As someone who is deep into the world of VPNs (writing my masters about this), I personally would only recommend the aforementioned ones.
For cloud storage I used to use MEGA and really enjoyed their services, but also not 100% open source i think. Otherwise you could check out Filen.io, or Ente.io(for pictures only).
I don’t mind the emails that they send. For me it was this flashy purple button stuck on the UI trying to get me to buy family plan or just telling me aboyt the BF sale. I don’t get why I should upgrade to something more when im already paying full price. Also read about multiple other people complain about this on Reddit.
You sir are absolutely not alone about this! I mostly use Proton via the Web, and even with the Unlimited Subscription, I got ads all over Black Friday, and after about some family plan upgrades if I recall correctly. Their marketing have been off the charts, almost as bad as other VPN providers.
Although I trust Proton with my data, I really don’t like some of their choices, pluss the lack of Linux support. I can see myself checking them out at a later point again, but for now I’ve had enough. Migrating to other services that suit me better:
Mailbox.org is a great alternative, cheaper and runs entirely of green energy ✌️
I know 😊