Do you regularly pay for any privacy-enhancing tools?

I agree with many responses here. And yes, I definitely pay for privacy-respecting services, for many of the same reasons I’ve seen here. But I also wanted to add that not only does paying for private services cover the undeniable costs of the service, but it also supports companies who are doing the right things. And I think others have said that. Something I don’t think has been said, which is related but important, is that it also establishes a clear market for privacy-respecting products. People will pay for privacy… build it and they will come. Ideally, privacy is the default and so you’re just paying for the service because the service costs money to develop and to run. Privacy should be a given, so in that sense, you’re not paying for privacy per se, you’re paying because the service can’t be run for free. I will say that it’s good to have a limited free tier, like Proton has, to get people to try it - and to make it available on some minimum level for people who can’t afford it otherwise. It’s basically subsidized by higher-tier users who subscribe - or sometimes by the enterprise version of something, and they give it away for personal use. But that’s not always possible.