> The ultimate problem with this whole logic is that you trust that other individuals and companies are not tempted to "double-dip" by monetizing data on paying users. A comment in the reddit thread referenced in the article summarizes the problem neatly:

I don't think the logic is wholly broken - there will be a lower incentive for paid companies who can generate a profit with subscription fees to "double-dip" than there is for free companies to "single-dip" (who need to dip to survive).

It's all about relative risk between those two models - if company A has a business model that can work without doing shady shit, and company B has a business model that can only work if they do shady shit, then company B will be more likely to do shady shit in reality.

True, which is why I switched from 1Password to Bitwarden about 6 months ago.

If you told me my options were between LastPass and 1Password, I would rather use a physical pen & paper than LastPass, but I would at least be able to live with 1Password.