Use: Brave Internet Browser > "You are not a product.
Why use a browser that treats you like one? Enjoy private, secure and fast browsing with Brave." > https://brave.com > Brave browser & DuckDuckGo search engine goes together like Peanut butter & Jelly
I can’t recommend Protonmail and ProtonVPN enough. Both great products, I’ve used the email from them for about 3 years now and the VPN for the last 6 months. It takes some work to migrate a gmail I’ve had for 10 years over to protonmail, but once you bring the important stuff with you, all the spam and newsletters are left behind.
https://www.privacytools.io/ has a list of providers. You'll have to figure out which ones keep their business separate from politics and ideology yourself. Hint: don't even bother with disroot
On the first point, you should read the announcement blog post yourself before making a decision, as there is a lot the article you linked to leaves out: https://protonmail.com/blog/eu-funding/
On the second point, we are not an affirmative action employer, everybody that we hire goes through the same process.
On the third point, if an account gets reported enough times, automated systems will block it for security reasons. However, blocks can always be appealed, and as long as you did not break Swiss law, you can get your account back, generally within 24 hours.