"Recommendations" should be optional. I can recall early days of "recommendation engines". Never thought it would lead to this

The "algorithmic feeds" in Facebook, YouTube are greed-based

No user ever asked for them. They could be optional. But they are mandatory. A significant amount of user control is transferred to the company. ByteDance took this even further, arguably it has 100% control. Now Facebook and YouTube, and others, all have some form of this, rolls, shorts, whatever

What's interesting is the companies, no matter what the harm alleged to stem from the "algorithmic feeds", will not back down on "recommending" content. No compromise

I think that's telling. Perhaps traffic would plummet, stock price would tank

No one should be surprised by the legislation this had spurned