@Infoseepage Oh yeah. In the Netherlands LFTs were always at your own expense. (But affordable, I brought 50 for American friends in the COVID days for like 60 euros) We got two free ones at the start of the pandemic but that's about it.
As you said, they certainly don't rule out infection. Sensitivity isn't high enough for that, although they seemed to work well on me :-D. (But who knows, maybe they missed some infections with less shedding)