It is better to pay cash for online services than to pay through your private information. If the service is free you are the currency, all your interest are so

It is better to pay cash for online services than to pay through your private information. If the service is free you are the currency, all your interest are sold for profit. I would much rather pay for online services like email, news and content than to sell info about myself through ads to private companies. Useful services: Email Protonmail,fastmail Online video Peertube Paying for social media. Paying for newspapers online, this is so they do not have to sell their platform and independence to ads.