Is protonmail really better than gmail or outlook ?

I mean nothing is encrypted unless your are exchanging with another protonmail user, so where are the privacy gain exactly?

Ordinary Cryptoanarchist starter pack:

➡️Proton ecosystem

Protonmail, Proton Calendar, Proton Drive, Proton Pass, Proton VPN

➡️Brave browser

Startpage, Tor, VPN

➡️End to End encrypted communication

Signal messenger, SimpleX messenger

➡️Cryptocurrencies

NoKYC Bitcoin, Vexl, Bitcoin ATM, self custody, CoinJoin, Lightning Network, Trezor, Steel seed, Passphrase, Shamir backup, Firefish

➡️Mobile

Google Pixel, GrapheneOS, Fdroid, Aurora Store, Anonymous SIMcard

➡️Password manager

Bitwarden, Proton Pass

➡️Other

Open source, Open minded, Opt-Out, Growth mindset, Black clothes

⚫Dont trust, verify

⚫Stay humble and stack sats

⚫Cypherpunk future Is now

⚫Privacy Is human Right

⚫Liberty