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> But would people actually be willing to pay

Of course they wouldn't pay as much as they currently do. But the world would be a better place, if they didn't. In Google's case it's more indirect, but in Facebook's case it's obvious. It's well known that Facebook has a negative impact on the mental health of many. Most of the turnover created created just ruins the planet for no good. People in the Western world lived a reasonable life in let's say 1970. The same level produced with the technology of 2020 would reduce destruction of the planet a lot. We would all work 6 hours a day and in the free time we could could walk an hour to the office and an hour back. Or do something else good for physical and mental health. Without a cloud-based GPS tracker and activity cam of course because normal mortals couldn't afford those. So what? I don't see how surveillance capitalism has improved or will improve the situation in Africa either.