I'm also somewhere in between the two types. I don't like being tracked, so I do limit tracking as much as I could for as long as things stay convenient for me

I'm also somewhere in between the two types. I don't like being tracked, so I do limit tracking as much as I could for as long as things stay convenient for me and everyone else. I do run some form of ad blocking on all my devices. I do have third-part cookies disabled with a few exceptions for sites that do legit need them. But, I also have multiple loyalty apps installed on my phone, which is a stock, non-rooted Google Pixel. I also use VKontakte, Instagram and Twitter. With my IRL identity. My attitude is simple: yes, of course there still are endless ways to track me for all I care, but — what use is that tracking if there is zero technical possibility to non-consensually shove the products of processing that personalized information into me to persuade me into something? In other words, there probably still are ads creepily targeted at me, but they never reach my eyes. And with this I'm perfectly fine. It feels like there's a distinct type of person who would go to great lengths to stick to some principle for the sake of sticking to that principle. Some people use Linux because they legitimately enjoy it and the tinkering that comes with it. But others use Linux because they have a principle that they must only use free software. I'm sure everyone on HN knows at least one such person. They hate it, they constantly tell everyone how this and that doesn't work with their setup so they can't fully participate in the society, but don't you dare tell them to, uh, "maybe look into other OSes that just work out of the box if you don't like Linux and its way of doing things". The author is most probably like this.