Very worthwhile read on the fallacy, yes fallacy of "if you're not paying, you are the product".

@pluralistic argues that this implies you have some power from paying because you can stop.

But the reality is different: if you are locked in you won't stop so your payments have no leverage. So we can't make companies behave by paying for services.

The key is freedom from lock in, #interoperability and #privacy. That's what would help, not being able to pay for privacy.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/22/kargo-kult-kaptialism/#dont-buy-it