I don't see the stunt here. They are required to do so under Swiss law, otherwise they'd likely get shut down. They also have no obligation to assist in any foreign requests. afaik they are quite transparent in how they handle these requests. 

Also they have no access to any of the user's encrypted emails, files etc... 

If this worries you, you can sign up for a free account then upgrade by paying with bitcoin and remain somewhat anonymous. 

https://proton.me/legal/transparency 

 Yup I feel you're right. Ava cleared it all up 😄  

 Yep that post really cleared things up! There are always tradeoffs, just gotta decide what works best for our usecase.  

 Yep that post really cleared things up! There are always tradeoffs, just gotta decide what works best for our usecase.