Clinamenic
Binary & Tweed
This seems to be perhaps the most prominent example of the gaping technical literacy asymmetry engendered by technocratic societies, speaking as a de facto technocrat myself.
A lot of work would need to go into platforms which genuine preserve user data, and even if some firm was willing to fund the development of such solutions, the revenue models entailed by these new platforms would likely still push users back to the unknowingly-selling-your-data arrangement.
IE, if a given consumer has a choice between a platform that costs more to use, but better protects their data, or a platform which is nominally free but capitalizes on said data, I'd wager most people would instinctively favor the latter, due to the aforementioned technical literacy asymmetry.
A lot of work would need to go into platforms which genuine preserve user data, and even if some firm was willing to fund the development of such solutions, the revenue models entailed by these new platforms would likely still push users back to the unknowingly-selling-your-data arrangement.
IE, if a given consumer has a choice between a platform that costs more to use, but better protects their data, or a platform which is nominally free but capitalizes on said data, I'd wager most people would instinctively favor the latter, due to the aforementioned technical literacy asymmetry.