I'm all for an internet of consent, but it doesn't have to be binary. Cryptography allows things like "Let the developer know the statistics of how their app is being used, but not the details of any particular user". I'm not a guru on this, but think it's a great direction to go.

Links:

* Prio (2017 paper and software): https://crypto.stanford.edu/prio/

* Secure aggregation (2023): https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/1461

* Precio (2024) https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/1490.pdf