Sadly, you are correct. Increasingly, even if I pay good money, the expectation is that I forego any kind of privacy. An annoying recent example, I was debating

Sadly, you are correct. Increasingly, even if I pay good money, the expectation is that I forego any kind of privacy. An annoying recent example, I was debating buying AR-15, but website recommended by a friend wanted me to drop adblocker for 'fraud prevention' purposes. Guns are not a cheap hobby; I already pay a premium and deal with a lot of bureaucratic idiocy on every level and now this. Next step is probably required FB login with integration allowing you to blast everyone with the fact that you purchased $something. It gets more annoying when a random store clerk is unable to ring me up when I won't give her my phone number. Like you said, it take a lot of effort just to avoid it. I don't know what it would take to actually nullify its impact on me.