> I'm not required to use social media and extractive business models. Most people do use them though. > The privacy losses are more than offset by the gains

> I'm not required to use social media and extractive business models. Most people do use them though. > The privacy losses are more than offset by the gains of communicating with everyone on the planet. I completely disagree. Most people aren't actually communicating. At least not in any form that matters. The drastic increase in loneliness and depression that correlates with the increase in connectivity should at least show that more social media doesn't mean more happy.