Freedom vs Control

Everyone I discuss either age verification, or the forthcoming Android app installation changes , realize it comes down to control. No one believes it's about safety.  My plan is to continue to opt-out. Others mention the Overton Window and whatever happens when norms change. The point is, norms aren't changing organically. They're changing from billions of dollars of corporate marketing to convince you they're changing. I've been called a Luddite for not "getting on board". The more I feel the pressure, the more I know it's not organic. If the moves were organic and the benefits were obvious, then I may join the crowd. 

In every case, I choose freedom. Freedom to compute the way I want to compute. Linux on mobile phones isn't there yet. But linux on a small portable laptop works great.

As William Pitt the Younger said to the House of Commons on 1793-11-18, 

It is true, the bill is said to be founded on necessity; but what is this? Is it not necessity, which has always been the plea of every illegal exertion of power, or exercise of oppression? Is not necessity the pretence of every usurpation? Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.

Bold text is mine for emphasis.

This whole situation reminds me of "The Game". 1984 was a warning, not a manual.