Posteo was the winner when I last looked over the alternatives, although I haven’t switched yet. Tuta, mailbox.org and Runbox were runners up.

Various reasons (mostly price, provider getting blocked too much, and being in the USA) led to a hard “no” for CounterMail, Soverin, Mailfence, StartMail, Fastmail, Proton, RiseUp, Hushmail, Skiff and Mail.com.

It’s likely you don’t need a VPN. You’re putting a lot of trust in that company; make sure it’s well founded. I just use my ISP for normal stuff, then when I want to surf under the radar for one reason or another I open up Tor.

Yes and no. Everywhere “Western” has an extradition treaty with the USA so there’s no point fleeing to any of those. Russia isn’t a great choice but if he values his freedom it’s probably the least worst option.

Yal’l n’eed t’o lear’n a’bou’t apo’str’phe pl’ac’em’en’t’.

We’ve got some in the UK, like this one at the Shell petrol station at S60 5ND (pic from Oogle Gearth)

Or, when it looks like you no longer have a choice, click Back and you will then be given that choice.

The real place to direct your anger is towards the venues and bands that choose to sell tickets through TM.