The independent YouTube would have done the same really.

I don't think that's very Lemmy of you to post a link to a reddit comment.

It's not like pirating Windows is hard or expensive.

Does it require internet at any point to activate/check the key? If so it's the same with extra steps.

I would say your interpretation was a bit extreme. Nobody implied a warrant from anywhere in the world.

They didn't require any encrypted data. Apple has your name and payment details unencrypted, as they need them to charge you.

Proton complies with Swiss law, and has to be channeled through Swiss official channels who rely the request.

So there's jurisdiction.

https://proton.me/legal/law-enforcement

They never said they will fight law enforcement, this is the 1000th time this happens.

Nowhere they say to m that they can't see what your final email address and they have your logging email too.

If you have a specific quote saying the opposite, please share

No, only the ones on Proton. If you send or receive an email from outside, it's unencrypted there.

But still, it's little to no difference for law enforcement. They will get the real address and whichever little info Proton or the other provider has on you.

Unless you're targeted by law enforcement, having a recovery email won't be an issue. 99.99% of the userbase world never have a problem with this.

I get what you say, but it's really nitpicking at this point I think.

So they will ask proton again for the address where everything is being forwarded... Not a good plan.

It would be fun to daisy chain a bazillion emails, all forwarding to each other in circles and have the cops just call yahoo 20 times.