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I think this is a cool idea, though instead of a messenger app, I think something more like a Slack/discord app would be better. I thought you could call it Proton Ping, its fun with that alliteration name, and works well colloquially, "Hey just Ping me later", you get to play right into a classic comms phrase.
If they went with that approach instead, they could also save a bit of design work by using the Matrix protocol, create their own server, and then they can let users select which of their proton emails to use as their matrix id (recommend they don't auto assign it to be the account name, but give Proton users the opportunity to select their name)
Also, as I understand it, this would be a good play into the business space so it would act as a Slack like competitor, and for personal use it could act as a way to chat with friends and family. The Matrix protocol supports video as well but I know they are already working on Proton Meet, so highly doubt that would be an easy drop in (unless they ignored that part of the protocol in favor of their Proton Meet)
Finally, it would show a continued commitment to secure comms, as well as the ability to allow their users to securely communicate with users from other matrix servers. idk I think something like that would be pretty ****
Plus Matrix protocol already supports all kinds of integrations, I had a co-worker who had setup all his comms, emails sms, rcs, etc. (he even got ios messaging to come through for a time, he used Beeper, which is a matrix server that heavily leverages the matrix protocol's integrations feature.
So Proton adopting that protocol could also provide their users with a centralized comms hub, and implement integrations for their other apps, e.g. cal, drive, Lumo, etc.