At What Point Ought Communication Technology Have Frozen Forever?

[freshwest]

33. There have been people who have demanded payment when their personal data is sold.

I thought that was great. The legislator in Florida who said women will need to 'incorporate their uteri' to protect them from GOP lawmakers had the right idea.

With monopolies, simply moving one's money away from these service providers isn't helping much. When dealing with corporations, laws don't do much good, as they are slippery in their operations. They can charter anywhere they want, to escape the laws of any country.

Their power in the marketplace means people will be forced to turn to them eventually. I see websites drying up that had all the features I wanted for privacy (?) because of the predominance of linking to Twitter and FB.

I'm unhappy about the details of both of those services, but I'm getting shut out by not participating in these venues.