dont know why errbody has to track each other. in the old days they'd just send you a catalog and if you were interested in something you could just buy it
https://www.aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/consumer-privac...
The tracking has always been there, it's just now becoming harder to ignore. It sucks, but it's possibly also a good thing because people are finally starting to care.
It's the data sellers that are the problem in GP's post. Companies like Experian and Visa who have huge amounts of data and naturally cannot resist making a buck off it.
Tangent: how many volumes would an Amazon catalog be?
How many products and companies would Amazon remove if they had to pay for each page in their catalog? Either way it would be a massive improvement.