It isn't making the analogy. Some people in these comments should read more than the headline: > Admittedly, my kidney and my consumer preference for straight-

It isn't making the analogy. Some people in these comments should read more than the headline: > Admittedly, my kidney and my consumer preference for straight-cut jeans are not analogous It's saying that eliminating a market via the law has been done before with human organs. The analogy is that this market was outlawed because it was deemed difficult to regulate and that allowing the sale of organs would harm the most vulnerable. This is definitely analogous with the market for invasive personal data.