"The thing that determines whether you’re the product isn’t whether you’re paying for the product: it’s whether market power and regulatory forbearance allow the company to get away with selling you." ...

"Tech monopolists love kill-switches, and they exhibit heart-warming confidence in their own ability to prevent their abuse.
That confidence is terribly misplaced."
https://doctorow.medium.com/about-those-kill-switched-ukrainian-tractors-bc93f471b9c8