To add, it is hard for companies to resist double dipping. Why have one revenue stream when you can have two? So you do sign up and you come to find out you wer

To add, it is hard for companies to resist double dipping. Why have one revenue stream when you can have two? So you do sign up and you come to find out you were still being tracked, you still have ads, etc. You are paying and you are the product. And since services on the internet are currently very centralized, the few big players have little incentive to offer a true paid service without worrying that anyone else can break into the game and really disrupt their market share.