Registered. Thank you. This is crucial as my mind gets real overwhelmed with big changes so a to do list with the help of those who know the system better than me is great. Thank you so much!

I’ll add on the thread with more tips along the way. Suggestions are welcomed as well 👌 they might be trying to do surveillance on you to up charge you but you can outsmart them.

3- create a new email account and use it just for that service. No searches, no social media, no nothing. The less information they have on you, the less upcharged you’ll be.

2 - your network matters. Affluent areas will increase your costs in your purchase, private networks will increase the cost as well. Go to the library or a public place with WiFi. Not a Starbucks though, remember, they need to perceive you as poor.

1 - Your device when accessing the service matters, use the oldest, lowest cost device you have accessible. Websites track devices and they will charge you more if they sense you’re in your iPhone 16. Use the old junky phone of your grandma.

Oh the good old habit of rich hideous people to pretend they’re “philanthropic” by throwing money at sciences and the arts…. Until society fully understands the importance of public funding, it’s gonna be a cycle of this 🤷‍♀️