This article takes the concept of "paying the source directly, so they don't sell you to advertisers", and reframes it in point 4. It's like we're "paying for p

This article takes the concept of "paying the source directly, so they don't sell you to advertisers", and reframes it in point 4. It's like we're "paying for privacy" now. As though some economist saw "preference for privacy" as a way to differentiate on price, and charge a higher price to a subset of users. Privacy is now like DLC.