Those exist! People choose to use gmail because of the scale, stability, and feature set paid for by targeted advertising.

My desire is to be able to use those products without paying for them. And to use them with friends and family members that can't pay for them.

The bill bans making access to a service contingent on consent. This would kill Gmail, Google Maps, Facebook, Instagram and basically every other ad supported service. Making subscriptions the only consumer business model would be bad imo.

Yeah fair, I was being a bit lazy here when writing my comment. I've used nosql professionally quite a bit, but always set up by others. When working on personal projects I reach for SQL first because I can throw something together and don't need ideal performance. You're absolutely right that they both have their place.

That being said the question was genuine - because I don't keep up with the ecosystem, I don't know it's ever valid practice to have a nosql db exposed to the internet.