That looks very much like a false dichotomy to me. You left out:
advertising (which does not require selling data, this is just an invasive additive)
donation and volunteer based (Wikipedia does this quite successfully)
funded from tax income (as are online government services, crown corporations etc.)
companies that sell something thru the internet l, and website is an advertising or pm selling platform. This accounts for most sites, tbh, from brands to retailers, to marketplaces like Amazon, Etsy, and Craigslist.
These are just off the top of my head. But the point being is that your major premise of obviously false.
Most companies that are harvesting our data are also requiring or pushing for subscriptions now, so the dichotomy is also false in that respect.
Finally, it is clear that millions of people are quite happy to pay reasonable fees for valuable services, which is why so many fee based companies are doing fine.
That looks very much like a false dichotomy to me. You left out:
These are just off the top of my head. But the point being is that your major premise of obviously false.
Most companies that are harvesting our data are also requiring or pushing for subscriptions now, so the dichotomy is also false in that respect.
Finally, it is clear that millions of people are quite happy to pay reasonable fees for valuable services, which is why so many fee based companies are doing fine.