You pay 18.80 GBP for

> A phone number registered & operated under Purism

> Help fund additional developmental services offered from Purism

?

I don’t think anyone’s arguing that everyone wants this, but I think it (including “privacy as a service” as part of point №1) is ⅔ of the value proposition.

So the remaining $74.75 covers not tracking you and supporting opensource hardware.

And open source software.

Which is why there are so few privacy-conscious options in the market. People won't pay for them.

So what?

99 USD in Canada will buy you 50GB of data and unlimited calls to Canadian numbers only. Why are you judging a US phone plan based on how it compares to UK plans?

Comparing a dense urbanized island to the vastness of the US isn't really a fair comparison.

I'm not suggesting that $99 isn't too much, just that to expect price parity when the average subscribers per square mile is vastly different isn't realistic.

It's running on existing T-mobile or ATT networks (MVNO), so they're not competing on building towers or anything. https://www.t-mobile.com/cell-phone-plans claims that tmo will give you unlimited everything for $70/mo for a single line. So what's Purism giving you?

EDIT: rereading it, it looks like the extra cost is giving you some privacy benefits and helping fund them.

I paid $8 USD a month for 62gb a month and 600 minutes of international calling.

(It was in a country of >1billion people)

You pay GBP for service in the US?

Yes technically, my plan includes roaming ;)

Out of interest which provider in the UK ?

Three.