You need to start paying for software because if you don't then you're the product.
Payment might include leasing out your infrastructure to the project until cryptos become viable for something other than ponzi schemes.
Payment might include leasing out your infrastructure to the project until cryptos become viable for something other than ponzi schemes.
When you pay, you may still be a product. There is no (economic) law that dictates that when you pay, your data may not be sold.
Paying customers might dissapear if they find out you make additional profit through datamining or -sales. So there is more incentive not to sell or mine data, but it is no guarantee.
The only guarantee is when technology ensures the service provider does not have the data at all. E.g. through e2e encryption.