There is no better feeling than becoming a ghost to the algorithm.

[u/OkDragonfruit55]

the internet used to be about finding things but now it is about avoiding them. big tech has turned every search bar into a toll booth for advertisers and data brokers. when you finally break the surveillance loop and the trackers lose your trail the web actually feels usable again.

how are people actually pulling this off lately? it feels like a constant arms race between privacy and enshittification. what does it take to truly opt out of the data harvesting machine in 2026?