In this case, market pressure derives from users deleting their accounts. For a long time people where saying that ads/tracking is good because nobody is willi

In this case, market pressure derives from users deleting their accounts. For a long time people where saying that ads/tracking is good because nobody is willing to pay for software/service/social media. Well users were paying for whatsapp. There was no need to sell it to facebook, nor there was a need for facebook to use these dark patterns with whatsapp. Regulation should be an exception. Free markets work pretty well in practice.