You're misunderstanding what I'm saying. The internet has been open for over two decades yes, but the ubiquitous surveillance of users and tracking and adverti

You're misunderstanding what I'm saying. The internet has been open for over two decades yes, but the ubiquitous surveillance of users and tracking and advertising across various websites and services is something that only really became a reality as Facebook and Google began to dominate. Again, that seemed to start happening after the mid 2000's.