On: FastMail’s servers are in the US – what this means...

[swores]

Even if that post was written entirely by lawyers, that still wouldn't make it legally binding.

[hobbes → swores]

Indeed.

So, the point remains: what value does this advice have over against the advice from Google, etc? It's a rhetorical question, by the way.

[swores → hobbes]

It's as useful as the degree to which you trust the company giving this advice. And that's always going to be the case regardless of who the company is and what they say.