This is not lost on me [1] [2]. I am a technologist (and hacker at heart), but also behind the scenes in politics (outcomes > status). I've commented, quite frequently here, that you cannot fix political and social issues with tech: wrong OSI layer of the stack. But, this change takes time, months, years, sometimes half a decade or more (election cycles, and then policy implementation lag). In the meantime, tactical solutions require technology, and that is what I am proposing in my top subthread comment.
Politics are strategic, long term system improvements. Technology serves for tactical solutions in the near term.
- Can’t just cancel credit cards to reset subscriptions/memberships, because new card info now gets forwarded to your vendors.
- Chargebacks are now much less successful, even when the consumer has clearly been wronged.