If that’s the case then perhaps they should have implemented Monero (or something similar), which was designed for, and as far as I know, still provides both anonymity and privacy. Neither of those are properties of BTC.

Or they could have not done this since there are many other wallets that can be used without a paid account that can easily be blocked by such a regime.

Seriously, if you live under the scrutiny of an authoritarian regime, please do not use Bitcoin for anything that might get you into trouble. It is neither anonymous nor private.

I was thinking about switching to Proton but I’ll probably just stick with Tutanota now.

Proton’s users are probably mostly technical people. They really failed to read the room on this one.