See also _Surveillance too cheap to meter_ https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2022/7/262077-surveillance-too-cheap-to-meter/ https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2022/7/2

See also _Surveillance too cheap to meter_ https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2022/7/262077-surveillance-too-cheap-to-meter/ https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2022/7/262077-surveillance-to... > To stop the surveillance, [they] would have to get their equipment suppliers to make changes; they would have to change their own back-office systems; they would have to reformulate customer contracts so they would not rely on the data being available in case of disputes; and so on. > [It] would cost [them] more money to stop the surveillance of their customers than to continue doing it. > That is quite literally what "surveillance too cheap to meter" means.