Why we need to nationalize Facebook, Amazon, and Google?

[CozyMystery]

9. I go on the internet for a couple of hours, and have

to clean up between 75 (if I'm only at DU) and 500 tracking files. This despite using NoScript and uBlock.

Every couple of hours, I clean my computer using BleachBit, CCleaner, AVG PC Tuneup, Malwarebytes, and Wise Registry Cleaner. At the end of the day, I run all of these twice, and still get lots of tracking files (allegedly) deleted.

Meanwhile, using my paid VPN, no matter which country and level of security I'm signed in to, if I click on an amazon link, amazon shows my account sign-in. How does Amazon know it's me? I don't use my VPN when I shop at amazon and I don't stay signed in there. I shop there because so many things I use are available there and not here (rural area), plus I have my Kindle to feed.

I deleted my FB and Twitter accounts, and use DuckDuckGo instead of Google. I bought a second Paperwhite to use only for Amazon-related material. When the primary unconnected Paperwhite needs to be updated, I move its contents to Calibre (special library for that), update it, and then disconnect it from the web and put my books back on.

All this to say I am really pissed off about the lack of privacy protection when I use my computer, phone, or Kindle. I don't want my personal data vacuumed by anyone for any reason, without my permission. I don't want my expensive cell phone to be hostage to whatever the provider wants to put on it without me having to jump through hoops to get the stuff off or to live with apps I don't want or need, but cannot remove.

I don't care if all this data is anonymized. It's mine. And I don't want it to be used to make rich people richer, or for any other reason.

James Patterson has a thriller out about Amazon -- called The Store. Not so far-fetched any more. And perhaps a subplot of a modern day take-off on a segment of George Orwell's 1984.