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One thing I haven't see mentioned on this thread is that buying your own domain is fundamentally different than hiding among the group of users on protonmail.com/pm.me. There is less anonymity, which is a real concern for some people.
So, here's an alternative idea ;)
How about Proton allows anyone to donate domains, which can then be used by everyone on the Proton service.
The people who want pmail.com can try to get it from Pegasus Mail, which has used the domain for 28 years.
promail.com (29 years registered), protmail.com (1 year registered), protomail.com (13 years registered), proton.com (31 years registered) can all be acquired by the people who like those domains.
The people who want proton.de because they are in Europe can donate that domain. The people who want proton.br because they are in Latin America can donate that domain. The people who want proton.ng because they are in Africa can donate that domain.
Of course the domains cost money annually to register, and Proton can't just stop supporting them... so perhaps each donated domain can be accompanied by (I know my math here is bad) 20x the annual registration fee as a perpetuity investment with an annual dividend to pay the registration.
So proton.de can be donated for the low cost of $200, which (if my bad math were right) would allow for indefinite payment of the domain registration cost.
Finally it does take some time to manage these domains... maybe 5 hours per year is an uneducated guess if working at scale. So add that to the donation at a reasonable hourly rate for full-time tech labor, eg $100 x 5 = $500 x 20 = $10,000.
So I propose:
For the low price of $10,200-$10,600, anyone can donate a domain to Proton which will fit their exact needs and can be used by the community as a whole.
Or, as is already possible, anyone can bring their own domain for free or enjoy anonymity among the community on the short list of Proton's own domains that are not currently in use by other companies ;)