Eh, defeatist attitude. It isn't that hard to anonymize and obfuscate your data.

The issue is everyone is willing to trade convenience for security.

The point of no return is an individual choice.

This doesn't reflect the current reality. Tech companies acquire questionable third-party data without consent and exploit it however they see fit.

> The point of no return is an individual choice.

This is largely the attitude that led to this in the first place. This is about failures of messaging, campaigning, and organising. It is a lack of democratic engagement that directly stems from the idea of individual choice being supreme over everything.