@gardiner_bryant On first approximation, this seems like a good idea.

But I do think that 'fix the internet' is perhaps a bit optimistic as an outcome - the underlying issue is still the fundamental way in which corporations (and capitalism) operate; by taking from the commons for personal gain, in either power *or* money. Right now, that's with data, but there's no reason it can't be done with other things.

So yeah, I do think this could make a significant difference on the topic of data collection. But I also think that this will simply cause corporations to shift to other forms of extraction and exploitation that (either by a technicality or actually) don't run afoul of this tax. And ruin the internet, and realistically all of society, in a different way.