Hell I‘m glad I could post shit on the internet as a dumb teen and no one is able track it back to me. Or at least very likely not. Those forums no longer even exist and never asked me for a phone number or verification anyway. No such luxury for future generations.

That’s not really true. At the end of the day no one is forced to use any of this tech. It’s all a choice. You might be forced to be indirectly a part of it, but in your personal life you can choose not to. I haven’t had Facebook in something like 15 years at this point. I don’t have insta. I pick and choose the tech I want to deal with. I miss out on some stuff, but my relationships are richer and my life feels more analog than others. I’m not perfect, I’m just saying you don’t have to use all tech that comes out just because it exists.