> Privacy is like legroom on flights. Everyone complains about it being taken away but nobody will pay even a little bit for it. Price signals say nobody really

> Privacy is like legroom on flights. Everyone complains about it being taken away but nobody will pay even a little bit for it. Price signals say nobody really cares. That's not true at all, otherwise first class, business class and even premium economy would not exist. I've personally paid extra for a seat with more legroom on 2 hour Ryanair flights. It's just a question of what you value (and can afford). The same goes for privacy - there is definitely a portion of users out there willing to pay extra for services and companies that, at the very least, exploit your user data less than the others. See Apple's latest stance - they are basically packaging privacy as a luxury good. Or the VPN market, paid email providers instead of Gmail, chat applications such as Signal, Riot, Telegram...