[alexh1]

Social media is a tricky one because it's got such a bus factor wrt. usage, however I'm pleasantly surprised at the abundance of products coming out where you (your data, that is) are _not_ the product.

Analytics - Fathom (https://usefathom.com), Plausible (https://plausible.io)

Project Management - Portabella (https://portabella.io) (disclaimer: I'm behind this one)

Chat - Signal (https://signal.org/en/), Matrix (https://matrix.org/)

I could absolutely go on and on, because I see new privacy focused products popping up in all sorts of industries every day.

The key is that these services are usually paid, which offsets the need for your data becoming the product.

More and more these days I have less trust in free lunches

[nwienert]

Bus factor related to usage? Am I thinking of the wrong bus factor?

[alex_portabella]

My bad, what I meant was "so reliant on others using it"

[muskox2]

You're thinking of "network effect"

[omgwtfbyobbq]

I think business factor (eg collecting day for advertising), but that's just a guess.

[nathias]

I'm sure you can pay and still be the product.

[CivBase]

Cable TV has gotten away with it for decades with outstanding success.