I’ve always had a bit of a chip on my shoulder about HIBP’s switch to charging for domain searches. It felt a bit like those travel visa scalpers who charge 50 CURRENCY_UNIT to file an otherwise gratis form on your behalf.

Law enforcement should provide this kind of service as a public good. They don’t, but if you do instead, I don’t think it’s cool to unilaterally privatize the service and turn it into a commercial one.

I voted with my feet but this post feels like a good enough place to soapbox a bit!