> The entire premise of free exchange is that I give you my services in exchange for something of value of yours.
"Something" doesn't mean "anything". You can't offer your services in exchange for e.g. my body parts. Why are we willing to ban that but not our data?
> The only reason those services are being provided at all is to get that data. That's effectively a requirement that people provide services for free.
Well, no — they could charge money for them. But even this is a false dilemma; surely we can come up with at least one business model other than "charge directly for our service" and "surveil our users".
"Something" doesn't mean "anything". You can't offer your services in exchange for e.g. my body parts. Why are we willing to ban that but not our data?
> The only reason those services are being provided at all is to get that data. That's effectively a requirement that people provide services for free.
Well, no — they could charge money for them. But even this is a false dilemma; surely we can come up with at least one business model other than "charge directly for our service" and "surveil our users".