If I had to pay for all of the web platforms I use (on top of paying for internet access to begin with) on a daily basis I would have no disposable income. And I'm not ready to live in a world with even more micro micro-transactions. I don't think the world is economically capable of supporting the web the way big tech companies wish to be supported if they couldn't continue just selling our harvested data alone.

I suppose the point is that if someone is a self described addict of a particular service, it's not entirely unreasonable to expect them to pay for that service (directly via premium, or indirectly via ads).

Instead of 'stop being an addict', you have chosen the route of 'pay the dealer.' Interesting choice.

> Have you considered just paying for something that you use a lot?

Where did I say that I do not pay for it?

I did this. I was skeptical at first but it's such a big qol improvement. I got a family plan so now that's what I bring to the streaming service exchange with the family and they love me for it