Tech Titans Are Busy Privatising Our Data – Evgeny Morozov

    In fact, the latter is likely to result in the hyper-modern
    form of feudalism, whereby those of us caught up in
    their infrastructure will have to pay – at least it will
    be as easy as tapping your Oyster card! – for access to
    anything with a screen or a button.

For those not familiar, Oyster cards are the contactless transit cards used in London, UK.