Both ideas are simplistic nonsense. It's how we wish people worked, but it's not how people work. The area of people that actively care about being tracked is

Both ideas are simplistic nonsense. It's how we wish people worked, but it's not how people work. The area of people that actively care about being tracked is not equal to the area of people, that would say yes if you point blank ask them "do you want to be tracked?" (with all the fears that this question triggers), and it's not equal to the area of people who would actually be happy to give up the affordances that tracking allows for in their every day life, even if they really do not like to say "yes" when asked to be tracked. All of this is compatible because, hi, this is us. We close our eyes, and pretend they are open. We love to not consider consequences, while thinking of ourselves as considerate. Well, not always. We do make "a few mistakes" every now and then, of course. This makes the whole thing believable, to ourselves and each other. I understand that it makes for good internet banter to ignore all that but what else it is good for, I do not know.