[normalhuman]

The average user certainly doesn't worry about any of this, but that doesn't mean that they shouldn't.

The worst, of course, is the tragedy of the commons dynamics. A lot of harm that comes from surveillance capitalism does not affect someone in particular, but it amounts to great damage to society as a whole. For example, by degrading public discourse, addicting people to screen time while robbing them of living their actual lives, and assisting authoritarian regimes in oppressing their own people (project dragonfly).

[nolok]

> The average user certainly doesn't worry about any of this, but that doesn't mean that they shouldn't.

I think the point he was making, in part, was that if the average user worried about those things, they would WANT most of those features and decisions.

[normalhuman]

Sure, that is why I mention the tragedy of the commons. People (me included, I'm not claiming to be a saint) very easily rationalize exchanging short-term personal comfort for the long term social good, and the adtech people know this very well.

[decoyworker]

If we are in the business of telling society what they SHOULD care about I'd wager about a hundred other things are more important than free software.