> I am glad you used to enjoy my writing! And I am sorry for being a bit of a dick! > My argument is that you can't infer consent from how people adapt to cir

> I am glad you used to enjoy my writing! And I am sorry for being a bit of a dick! > My argument is that you can't infer consent from how people adapt to circumstances in a situation where they are not given a choice. I see what you mean, but I don't buy the premise that people don't have a choice, at least not in the same way in which inmates can't choose to leave prison. Technically savvy people can avoid a lot (if perhaps not all) tracking, today, if they care to put in the effort - many don't. The technology for doing this has been productized and is available for purchase to less savvy users, if they choose to buy it - hardly any do. I don't mean to suggest that there's a silver bullet that fixes this problem, that you can buy today for $19.99. My point is that when there is real demand for something (e.g. privacy protection), even imperfect solutions succeed in the market and grow in capability over time. Lots of people are attempting to satisfy this demand, duckduckgo being one good example. It looks to me like most of these products are having limited success, which I think is exactly what you'd expect if only a small number of people care about this issue.