[TeMPOraL]

Well, in that hypothetical reality, I'd submit a dossier about myself to the ad platform. It would simplify so many things for everyone. If I could trust the advertisers, they wouldn't have to spy on me to learn about my habits - I would just volunteer them. My likes and dislikes, my dreams and my deep problems.

Alas, this is not how the real world works. Everyone on the advertising side has an incentive to exploit my weak sides, so I can't trust advertisers in general. And so they spy on me, and I'm desperately trying to protect myself.

Your hypothetical reality is an unstable equilibrium. Our actual reality is a stable one. So even if, by some miracle, the stars aligned and the hypothetical suddenly became real, it would very quickly degenerate into our current reality. "In paradise, the first one to pick up a stone becomes Genghis Khan", and all that.

So, in conclusion, adtech industry needs to be burned out by regulatory means like the cancer it is, until what remains can be reshaped into a construct that provides value to the society.