Do you regularly pay for any privacy-enhancing tools?
Privacy Guides Community [Unofficial]
May 2, 2026
NatureFriends:
> So I’m asking you whether you believe paying for ensuring privacy is a good thing (especially if you’re paying smaller companies with good ethics) or if you believe we should all have a right to privacy for free?
Do I believe that privacy should be a commodity that I need to purchase? In a perfect world, no. It should be an inalienable right, just as clean food, fresh water, and shelter should be. Sadly we don’t exist in a perfect world.
Do I believe all privacy preserving tools should be free as in beer? No. People work hard to make these tools and deserve to be compensated.
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