Untrue. When my neighbor is filming the street with his facial recognition doorbell, my family keep cloud-connected audio recorders in their homes, and my friends and acquaintances are uploading their contact lists for analysis, my privacy is systematically violated and I am subject to the surveillance network beyond any choice of my own.
It is simply ignorant to tell me I can vote with my wallet, I would have to cut social ties and move into the wilderness to escape these abusive information-gathering practices.
Doesn't that mean you have to go after your neighbour, your family, and you friends?
HN has no protection to stop me from putting my friend's email here (see@example.com) and you don't go after HN for that. You'd go after me for sharing your details.
It is simply ignorant to tell me I can vote with my wallet, I would have to cut social ties and move into the wilderness to escape these abusive information-gathering practices.