There is a lot of free, open and convenient software that respects my privacy. Do you think money or privacy violations must be part of the equation to make go

There is a lot of free, open and convenient software that respects my privacy. Do you think money or privacy violations must be part of the equation to make good software? That is like the old argument against free/open software that I heard from a lot of people, back in the 90's. I thought we were past that.