That's not what I said at all, but thank you for confirming you have trouble with reading comprehension.

You said

>The vast majority of this has little to do with bad actors trying to invade your privacy to spy on you; rather, it's about whether or not your presence on these sites can be monetized in some way.

So the vast majority of concerns should be mitigated by an adblocker, according to you.

And if you're that worried about privacy, use a new email for everything you sign up to. With password managers like Bitwarden there's no worry of forgetting passwords, or remembering which password goes with which account.

Non-paywalled link, in case you don't want to enter your email address:

https://web.archive.org/web/20230125170505/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/technology/personaltech/email-address-digital-tracking.html

>it's about whether or not your presence on these sites can be monetized in some way.

So get an adblocker and don't care if they use your email to send you ads you'll never see?

Gross earnings.

Alphabet had a 2022Q3 earnings of $69 billion. A $9.4 million dollar fine to them is the same as fining someone making $100k per year $3.41. Literal pocket change.

Deploy, as in send overseas, potentially into combat?