It is essential to stop using Chrome.
Under the pretense of saving users from third-party spyware, Google is creating an ecosystem in which Chrome itself is the spyware.
Given Google's overwhelming presence in the browser market, this is unconscionable.
We should all despise the ad-tech business, and have no sympathy for the companies getting whacked by Google's actions. But we should not permit one monopolist to replace them all.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/year-review-googles-corporate-paternalism-browser
Proton Mail as others have suggested is the easy and privacy friendly solution, and probably set an auto forwarding rule from your gmail account to your new Proton Mail.
Otherwise I haven’t self hosted my own email but from my previous attempts it seemed like it’s quite involved
Protonmail does have a problem with often being classified as a temporary email provider. Some websites refuse to allow registrations using protonmail emails. Solution is to not use those websites.
Proton Mail as others have suggested is the easy and privacy friendly solution, and probably set an auto forwarding rule from your gmail account to your new Proton Mail.
Otherwise I haven’t self hosted my own email but from my previous attempts it seemed like it’s quite involved
Protonmail does have a problem with often being classified as a temporary email provider. Some websites refuse to allow registrations using protonmail emails. Solution is to not use those websites.
I’m yet to run into that myself (2+ year user of it) but I would believe that