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Finding the right email provider is what took me the longest, really. Went over all the options multiple times, constantly finding new alternatives and adding them to my list.
There's nothing right, and there's nothing wrong when it comes to this. You're gonna have to try out a few, and see what feels right for you.
You should take into account what's the most important for you;
You're probably gonna have to come to the realization that you will need to pay for it. You know, the old saying "If you're not paying, you are the product"...
If privacy is your number one concern, you should check out these three options:
Those are the ones that ended on my final list, and from those I chose Proton, mainly because I've used them for a long time already, and they have really good apps.
Tutanota is the more simple alternative, which is also the cheapest option. They recently changed their premium packages, but you can still buy the old ones using a small trick.
Skiff actually came after I already decided on Proton, and I'm not sure I'd have gone with Proton if I saw Skiff a bit earlier. Really looking like a great alternative, and they are offering enough in the free tier to be completely viable, even without a subscription.
To prevent spam, and protect your email, you need an aliasing service, and fortunately this is more simple, since there's only 2 on the market;
I went for AnonAddy, because of the price and it being independent. You can get SimpleLogin included with the expensive Proton subscription, but I'm not really prepared to spend 10 bucks a month for email.
My setup is to use a unique alias for every single website. These aliases are generated through addy.io, using my custom domain. That way I can easily toggle off an address, if spam starts coming in, but I can also change provider to for example SimpleLogin, if anything happens with addy.io.
That's just my setup, which I understand can seem a bit complicated to some, but it gives me the freedom, security, and peace of mind that I'm looking for.