I live in the Netherlands too, but I’m certain this was an online service from the US. It’s definitely a minority of them but it happens nonetheless

That’s a good tip. Also: have your servers auto-update weekly. You will forget.

that service will keep working until the next billing day

You wish. I have had one too many services that cancel immediately upon request, even if you paid for the month 3 days ago.

I have an nginx reverse proxy with http auth, myself. It’s such battle tested software that I trust it fully

It literally is. All premium options are a choice.

Ad removal lifetime is $20, Ultra (which brings extra features) is subscription based and a little more expensive.

I heard they’re looking to add typing to JavaScript in a very similar style as TypeScript. Basically running TypeScript in the browser without tsc.

There’s at least a proposal which I hope they’ll continue with.