A friend of mine had Nitro silently activated on her account. No payment method attached, no transactions, just Nitro. They emailed support who replied with “Oh it’s our new promotion! You get to try it for free, no need to pay or add your card. We’ll ask for your money once it’s done.”

Which is absolute batshit evil drug dealer energy. I bet they rolled that promo out while the CFPB’s corpse was still warm.

Frankly at this point I’d be willing to contribute to a strongly copyleft, privacy focused browser even if it meant yet another fucking ‘subscription’

and their kids don’t get to go to school anymore.

This part is actually a feature. You think desperate farmers are going to let crops rot in the field while their kids attend school? And that’s just family farms! Just wait until the inner city high schools start getting tapped for factory farms!