Consumers will routinely go for a smartwatch that is $25 cheaper that is riddled with spyware. There are two schools of thought over this: they just don't care

Consumers will routinely go for a smartwatch that is $25 cheaper that is riddled with spyware. There are two schools of thought over this: they just don't care so it's fine or the wool has been pulled over their eyes. The backlash from industry against laws that are largely just intended to inform consumers and keep them in the loop (like GDPR) kind of hints that it's not the former. Consumers are especially bad at pricing risk. Just because they made a decision doesn't mean that they walked into those risks with open eyes.