Do you regularly pay for any privacy-enhancing tools?

I personally steer away from “free” services, and have for a while. Email, VPN, Browser, OS, Backups, even if I can get them for free, I’ll pay for them with recurring donations or by subscribing to “pro tiers”. It can add up if you don’t have a job or have trouble making ends meet, so ideally, privacy should be provided for free, and by default, but unfortunately that’s not really easy or possible in many real-world scenarios.