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If you can't justify paying for a piece of software, there's not enough value in it to have on your device.
Every free tool has a business model. If you're not paying with money, you're paying with data. Your data. Your clients' data. Your files.
Free AI tools train on what you give them. Free email services scan your messages. Free project management tools own your content.
I pay for every tool in my stack. Not because the paid version is always better. Because the paid version has a reason to protect my information instead of monetize it.
Security isn't an add-on. It's baked into the business model of the tools you choose.
Pick tools where you're the customer, not the product. PC: Resource Database on Unsplash
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