The playbook's the same:

Industry harms people → regulators don't touch industry → individuals get surveilled instead

Kids exposed to addictive products? Scan everyone's face. Kids on social media? Scan everyone's face. Zero accountability for companies. Maximum surveillance for everyone else.

@techlore I sure can’t wait for my bottle of gin to become some IoT monstrosity requiring age verification before I uncap it
@techlore I remember when society solved this by not selling tobacco products (and alcohol, etc.) to children and that's it.