It's not you. It's absolutely disgusting.
First thing that came to mind was badges.
You can simply go to the website to check for yourself. No need to post vile stuff in here.
He's allowed to earn a living wage.
I'm not aware of the controversies regarding ProtonMail, yet they're my main email provider. I have one main email for everything, and an alias for public-facing email. ProtonMail has a free service called SimpleLogin that allows you to create on-the-spot email for a specific service (even comes with a browser extension). I don't have anything else regarding emails, those two services really cover all my bases.
I'd be interested to know which controversies you're referring to though?
I can't help but have very low faith in this structure. The pressure is on them to display proper transparency in order to regain trust.
That was a trainwreck, Holy shit