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It is certainly subject matter everyone should be familiar with.

How people act on this information and the knowledge of the rise and dominance of surveillance capitalism is, well.. it is "up to each individual and organization".

The current issue is that surveillance capitalism has become so profitable, that most information-based tech companies depend of surveillance capitalism to survive in a very competitive market place.

That's the problem.... all the "huge, great, free services" people (and businesses) are dependent on (the ones which are very profitable, at least) have built their business model on surveillance capitalism.

It's not so complex really. It is simply the new, dominate form of capitalism in the age of social-media. However, the question becomes "what are we, the people, going to do about it?"

Yet another proof that labour is not profitable, only the capital is, and so workers will get poorer and the rich richer....
It can't go forever and soon or later the question of wealth redistribution will be crucial...

Yes, Zuboff mentions those ideas in her book, especially when she reviews the historical context various social-economic models.

As Churchill said:
Those who trade security for freedom, deserve neither.

Actually, that quote, originally, was by Benjamin Franklin (not Churchill):

REF:

How The World Butchered Benjamin Franklin’s Quote On Liberty Vs. Security – TechCrunch