> admit that they are ok with all the free shit they get as a result of advertising I don't think people ordinarily make that connection. Many came from a time

> admit that they are ok with all the free shit they get as a result of advertising I don't think people ordinarily make that connection. Many came from a time when the Internet was solely an expression of generosity. The thing about "culture" is that it carries on even after the facts have changed. You're right that today (2023) access to 'free stuff' is a tacit trade. People pay for free stuff by allowing themselves to be abused. But nobody ever made that bargain explicit. It was never announced, I guess sometime around 2000, that the rules had changed. We've had two decades of false "choice" based on a fundamental misunderstanding backed up by a conspiracy of deceit. > that is all worth more to them than privacy I absolutely don't believe people make this value judgement. If they truly knew what they were getting for what they are giving, Google, Amazon, Apple and Meta would cease to exist overnight. It is therefore of paramount importance that the "Myth of the Internet" continues and that all attempts to educate and provide new kinds of digital literacy are opposed by incumbent power.