I am really glad the era of the infuriating parrot line of "If you're not paying for it, you're the product" is coming to an end.

People try to justify everything they do and this is one the worst of them. Some even seemed to use this as an argument against open source which is usually free.

Along the same lines there is "What is your monetization plan?".

The next one I wish would go away is the "but they have a privacy policy" line of thinking. Like that means anything.