Imagine the article were discussing human relations, pointed out all of these problems, and ended with "yeah, idk, revolution I guess" instead of concrete actions every single reader can take to improve their own lives.

>just as we don’t fix climate change by individually eschewing plastic straws, we don’t fix our smartphones’ designed-in lack of trust by individually trying to spend a bit less time on Twitter.

Is such a copout. The suggestion is that everyone should just continue to suffer until some unknown future in which the government fixes it for us? If you believe plastic straws are harming your life, you find an alternative while campaigning for change. If you believe your phone is spying on you, you make it stop while campaigning for change.