[janwl]

That doesn’t seem to give me much freedom about my data - in fact it seems like it took freedom away from me.

[GJim]

> it seems like it took freedom away from me

And it *gave* freedom to society not to have their personal data exploited and privacy invaded for corporate profit.

[Kbelicius]

Yes, we live in a society. You aren't allowed to do anything you want. But you are wrong. You had no option before, now you have. How is that taking away freedom from you?