Free tools that provide value should hence be avoided. While evaluating a tool, I've always checked for if a company runs on 1.subscription money, 2. ads, 3. selling my data
Usually stay wary of signing up for anything which tilts towards 3.
Usually stay wary of signing up for anything which tilts towards 3.
Then there are also the miscellaneous services run by someone on the internet mostly for themselves or a small community (or just to get some publicity for themselves) which are also free and don't run on ads, selling data or subscription. I do that, myself. Do you trust Naptha[0]? It was posted on HN some time ago, from the comments[1] I don't even see anyone bringing up the issue of trust.