I mean, what else does anyone expect? The company which makes my cast iron skillet, which I love, writes blog posts about recipes for cast iron skillets, and always adds links to their products.
I've always hated this argument: "Everyone else is a piece of trash too, so we should accept the current state of everyone acting like garbage because they want to make money!"
I mean I totally understood why they chose to give themselves an advertisement but I would still like it if they gave alternatives like tutanota, anon addy, mullvad. Even with those good alternatives, I still go with proton because the unlimited plan is pretty fair and I like the cohesiveness of everything.
The world is not my echo chamber. I am allowed to dislike something without eliminating information just because my opinion differs than you. That doesn’t mean i should alienate communities based on that.