> it will be felt most by those who can least afford it. This sort of business model is problematic precisely because the poorest can't afford to refuse - that

> it will be felt most by those who can least afford it. This sort of business model is problematic precisely because the poorest can't afford to refuse - that's a feature not a bug. Privacy is deemed a human right, and human rights shouldn't be for sale. You could make the same argument supporting the legal sale of human organs, but as a society we've decided that kind of "payment" strips the poorest of their dignity and human rights. The business model is inherently predatory for other reasons too. People see what they get right now - "free" access to the website they're on, but they're completely oblivious to the real costs because they're abstract, too many steps removed from each individual's actions, but they're very real and damaging in aggregate.