The absolute vast majority of the population don't care one bit about their privacy. If they did, Google and Meta would be out of business. The only thing they

The absolute vast majority of the population don't care one bit about their privacy. If they did, Google and Meta would be out of business. The only thing they really offer is for advertisers to target really, really specific groups of people thanks to the data they collect from those groups (EVERYONE, except a handful of HN readers and other dissidents) which everyone voluntarily hands over, because they simply don't care. Of course, it's just a symptom of the problem. Refuse to believe all you want, but have a deep think and consider whether the average person cares about his privacy. Even if they say they do. Freedom doesn't sell anymore. Outsourcing virtually every single aspect of your life to a corporation that Just Knows Better(tm) does. Everything is a service. Most of the tech you own is a service, not a physical item. And both things can't be true simultaneously, you can't crave freedom while outsourcing absolutely everything to someone else. Freedom requires you to take over the responsibility over your life, which far too many people simply aren't willing to do. Unfortunately, in my opinion, this is where the society has ended up in.