One thing I saw was lacking in the comments here are some alternatives (Some were named, more self-hosted options, which can be good for a person, but not always)…
RiseUp.net and Disroot.org both are ran by collectives, and both protect your privacy. RiseUp has a log of how they’ve done so, as well.
Scummy used car salesmen, and lack of consumer protections in the US.
hes a fellow human who if shown the light would absolutely change his tune.
Thats not always true… That old man stuck on Fox News would likely rather shoot a bunch of brown people than admit he was wrong.
I am good with computers but not good enough to roll my own entire email/calendar/cloud storage system
NextCloud is almost an “out of the box” experience for all of these.
Between your machine, and a machine you control, via ssl?