The entire point of not accepting surveillance and advertising is to help them develop to be independent, have a strong internal sense of self-worth, and derive happiness from within. The surveillance/ad industry has exactly the opposite goal: make them feel judged at all times, base their self-worth on the perceived opinion of others (including people they've never even met), and have that perceived opinion be that if they buy X they will reacquire their stolen happiness.
The beautiful thing about being a contrarian is you can only win: either they agree with you, so you must've gotten through to them, or they don't, so you must've gotten through to them.
The beautiful thing about being a contrarian is you can only win: either they agree with you, so you must've gotten through to them, or they don't, so you must've gotten through to them.