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Agreed. Would much rather pay $100-200/year for ad-free OS / productivity software that is patched and secure and doesn't sell my data. Alas, very people put t

Agreed. Would much rather pay $100-200/year for ad-free OS / productivity software that is patched and secure and doesn't sell my data. Alas, very people put that high a value on their privacy.

pabs3 2y ago
You could switch to a Linux distro for that. Most of them are gratis, but accept donations or contributions. For example Debian & LibreOffice. That said, even well intentioned distros that don't sell your data will have some privacy issues, inherited from upstreams. https://wiki.debian.org/PrivacyIssues https://wiki.debian.org/PrivacyIssues