Facebook users said no to tracking, and now advertisers are panicking
I dislike being tracked as much as the next guy, but I often wonder what &quot;our&quot; ideal end-game goal is? By &quot;our&quot; I mean the typical HN crowd that understands both the technological and the economical implications of this.<p>If we want top-grade products to remain available without a direct monetary transaction (i.e &quot;free&quot;), it seems we must give <i>something</i> that the product providers can turn into monetary value indirectly somehow. Yet it seems we are actively against any such options: We block ads guilt-free, we rally against any attempt at collecting valuable personal information even anonymously, we consider crypto mining in the background (which is basically paying via your electricity bill) borderline malware.<p>I am part of this &quot;we&quot;, and yet I ask myself, what <i>am</i> I willing to give as indirect payment? What other options are there?