Yeah, I just found out about this today, in the same google search. "It's since been fixed." :-(
I don't think it was just the free version, though.
On 06/16/21 4:34 PM, Eric Selje wrote:
On that note, here's a reminder that if the product is free, then your data is the product:
https://www.wizcase.com/antivirus/avg/
(TL;DR: They were selling your browsing data)