Depends on what value you place on your consumption data. I’d argue the scheme participants are the ones paying a premium.

You’re thinking about about it all wrong. Treat it like a 3€ per month sub and a 2€ donation to one of the leading lights/centers of expertise for digital freedom and privacy. Or a €4.50 fee and a €.50 donation. Or €2.50 each way.

I wonder whether it ever occurs to normies that surrendering PII in order to transact amounts to hidden cost inflation

Alfred emerged from the densest part of the eucalptus grove. All around him, his tiny bots unobtrusively kept pace. Every one was in violation of local law, containing not a single chip in thrall to the Department of Homeland Security. While Vaz continued to play Bollywood exec through the public net, these devices provided him with his own network and countermeasures.

Rainbows End (Vernor Vinge)