> As a programmer in 2019, I think it's a bit hypocritical of me to opt-in to the industry that is responsible for the situation we are in while saying 'regulat

> As a programmer in 2019, I think it's a bit hypocritical of me to opt-in to the industry that is responsible for the situation we are in while saying 'regulation is the solution here'. Ehh, it's not as though changing your profession would have any sort of meaningful influence on something as large and nebulous as data harvesting, aggregation, sale, and similar. Where would you even draw the line? I suspect you would have trouble finding a reasonably sized company to work for that doesn't engage with adtech or use some form of analytics in some way. Regulation is the only solution I can see here.