This is the sad truth, however one can only hope to at least reduce the graph points.
It does matter. Is this what you meant?:
"Even when you deny, enough of your contacts won’t, that it seems in vain."
I meant that it doesn’t matter if you deny because your friends will sell you out.
What I'm hearing you say is: "Your privacy doesn't matter."
What I'm hearing you argue is that the tree which hides in a forest is still hidden in the forest.
Alas, it's not when the whole forest is infested with ads^H^H^Htermites
I’m not saying privacy doesn’t matter, I’m saying that there aren’t any enforced guardrails on this growth mechanism to protect it. It’s an illusion of choice. Government intervention is really needed here