Payment is necessary but not sufficient to support privacy-respecting software and services. Yes a paid service or application can still track you, but without

Payment is necessary but not sufficient to support privacy-respecting software and services. Yes a paid service or application can still track you, but without payment companies don't even have the option of respecting privacy. Without payment the only possible financial model for software and services is surveillance capitalism or ads, with the latter usually leading directly to the former.