Mmm, that's a fair set of points. I don't think that content should be produced for free, but I argue that advertising-by-invasion-by-default is only acceptabl

Mmm, that's a fair set of points. I don't think that content should be produced for free, but I argue that advertising-by-invasion-by-default is only acceptable now because not enough people called it out early enough, because they didn't realise the cost. 'It's always worked this way' is not a valid defence. Building a business on something should not later affect the legality of that thing. In other words, start looking for another way for things to work instead of trying to claim that the status quo is the only way things can work. Yes, I'm aware that this probably will feel like a step or two backward. Leaving a local maximum always feels like that. [edit] I forgot to address the security camera issue. That's an awkward conflation of 'physically walking into a store where you can physically pick up and leave with an item which cost physical resources to produce' with 'asking if the person standing outside can let you look at a menu'.