I see what you mean but I think it's a bit more complicated than that. It's hard to make the right choice when most of the information you receive comes from th

I see what you mean but I think it's a bit more complicated than that. It's hard to make the right choice when most of the information you receive comes from the entities in whose interest is you not making the right choice (e.g. Google, FB). An average HN reader is in a very comfortable situation compared to the remaining 99.9% of the population, who might not have time to think about this. Unless, and I might've misunderstood you, by "us" you mean the people who work on those platforms, and have the time and resources to think about these matters, in which case I'd say that I agree with your statement. What's worse is how much brain power we're wasting on solving problems that shouldn't exist in the first place. "The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads"