It is obviously ruinous for anyone foolish enough to still publish content that survives on ads, donation, or upselling other products now. But perhaps that’s not the worst unintended consequence.

Beyond certain income we like to contribute, help and teach not to profit financially but because we like to feel helpful and to matter to other humans. Now everything you publish goes into a smart black box and others go to that box for answers. Why write in the open if you write for a black box?

Unless there is a mechanism to opt out (or even in), we may see much less information shared.