it's crazy how demonized bonzi buddy was for harvesting your data and showing you ads, wish people still held that same energy for apps and websites today.
parents used to get mad at me as a teen for being "too quiet" and not telling them anything about myself but I had just accurately assessed that every single conversation I had at home turned into a screaming match so I stopped talking at home
I have a friend who did the digital nomad thing in Japan as a programmer. He can't go ten minutes without mentioning how cheap stuff is in Japan.
So one day I ask him: what if he had to live in Japan on a Japanese salary?
He says "oh, I would kill myself immediately."