@roadriverrail @darius

In my opinion, #Searchtodon was treated as if it was Surveillance Capitalism because it had the term "search" in it. All indications were that the developer was trying very hard to address the concerns of the community, while also providing a feature that lots of people do want.

I believe that many folks dismissed the idea as Surveillance Capitalism, without really looking at what it was or what the developer was trying to do.