I think a lot of people have been so engrossed in social media for so long that they genuinely don't know what they would do without it. It is an integral part

I think a lot of people have been so engrossed in social media for so long that they genuinely don't know what they would do without it. It is an integral part of their life. In fairness, if all your friends and family use a particular platform to communicate, I can see why people might feel that way. Not that it gives anyone a right to use the platform on their own desired terms but I can understand why it would be a big deal if the main method of communication with friends and family were to come with deeply disagreeable terms and conditions. But as you say, someone needs to pay for it. To me it's healthy to normalise paying with cash for the services we consume as at least it is transparent and helps to ensure an alignment of interests. My main concern is that it results in a two-tiered approach where the well-off can afford privacy and the poor can't.