Ask HN: Where to switch from Gmail?

Hello everyone,

I would like to switch from Gmail to another email provider with a bit more privacy. I know it won't change anything but as they say "Be the change that you wish to see in the world.". I have no problem to pay if it's not so expensive. I don't care much about external things like calendar but I would need some import to import all my old emails. I would like also to make my parents switch at some point if it works well for me, we will see.

Do you have any recommendations for a new email provider ? I would like to have some advice on this and your recommendations if you have done this in the past. Changing an email address is not something to take lightly and I would like to switch to a provider who is likely still going to exist in the next 5 years.