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@jwildeboer Couldn't have said it better! More widespread awareness, education and application of privacy & autonomy-related tools, topics/methods are such an important part of how these systems (democracies) can/must be kept/made more honest. Instead, the framing of "nothing to hide, not a problem" has largely taken over to erode these efforts, with large demographics actively choosing temporary convenience, also fueled by the promise to glean some benefit nuggets from network effects of these centralized platforms... As long as this attitude doesn't change, we all are stuck to some extend. Especially for the self-employed, artists, crafters, etc. participation in these platforms is often somewhat mandatory and directly linked to livelihood. But I also do think a first/interim step of cutting the cord to these platforms is to start diversifying. None of this has to be a zero sum game (not for people/users, at least)...