That's part of downvote culture -- rather than verbally disagreeing, just press a button. It's easy. You don't have to present a counter-argument, you just be

That's part of downvote culture -- rather than verbally disagreeing, just press a button. It's easy. You don't have to present a counter-argument, you just begin to bury the opposing side. Everyone adds a shoveful of dirt and eventually that thing is just ... gone. Wished into the cornfield. And it feels good, too. You've done your part, helping to make that sort of thing vanish. Now you've seen how it works. That's why real engagement is so very important, it allows us to communicate and specify. What would a real commitment to privacy look like? Now we know that it isn't just a press release and a bunch of shiny happy faces (carefully chosen) holding Apple products. Now we can start talking about what a real commitment to privacy looks like in the world. I know you think laws and legislation are a good idea, but my guess is that this is a big no, or we will get them but with all kinds of loopholes for three-letter agencies, or no penalties specified for infraction. We know we won't get any kind of legal punishment, that recent ebay case is a fantastic example of the golden parachute you get. Perhaps commitment looks like a bond held in escrow. If my Apple TV is found to be exfiltrating the filenames of everything in a network share, the five million in that escrow account gets kicked over to the EFF. Stocks could be held out in reserve. Essentially, commitment looks like the Sword of Damocles, held over the heads of these corporate actors, and scissors are to be held by people who do not like them much.