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That's the power imbalance.
So they propose these mediators of individual data.
Think of them like specialized digital unions.
They pull data rights from maybe thousands or millions of users.
Then they negotiate collectively.
It's designed to address that huge power asymmetry.
The media acts as a gatekeeper, controls access, forces a negotiation that just doesn't happen right now.
Yeah, that consent fatigue we all feel.
Clicking agree on policies no one reads or understands.
That's not real choice.
And there's research suggesting people don't value privacy in the abstract, but they do when there are concrete choices.
A 2023 study showed, what was it, 86% of Google users wouldn't pay for abstract privacy.
The sources suggest that when you make it a tangible economic choice, not just dense legal text, people might value it quite differently.
The information gap shrinks.
Well, there are related models, like Switzerland's Medata Health Cooperative.