> The site says you shouldn't host your private data on certain free services because they show you ads, so they recommend instead using free services that don'

> The site says you shouldn't host your private data on certain free services because they show you ads, so they recommend instead using free services that don't show you ads? > Come on HN, you know how this works. If a service doesn't show you ads, and doesn't charge a monthly fee, how do you think they make money? Either they're not, so they'll go out of business when their VC funding runs out, or they're selling whatever they can glean about your habits to third parties. I've said this before but I'd love to see some people doing not-for-profit versions of major services. Some advertising, but just enough to pay salaries and costs but not return 10x to investors (which you wouldn't get in the first place). No founders cashing out with $1bn+ payoffs after IPO, no IPO, no funding rounds, just a bunch of employees that would be treated fairly and collecting a safe regular salary/benefits with no expectation of a huge payoff. If only I had made my millions in order to fund such an endeavour...