But I don’t want them doing that. I don’t want my browser sharing any of my browsing activity, anonymized or not.

I’m not saying it’s good, but it’s not Ma Bell.

There is actual competition though, from Google and Microsoft at a minimum.

Most of these components could easily be made elsewhere, albeit at a higher cost.

Ok Karen

No, I don’t think being assessed relative to subpar students is a benefit. You’d get a better letter grade, sure. But likely a worse education due to “lowering the bar”, which is what you paid for. Educators often can’t grade on absolute scales because the pass/fail ratio of the students factors into their own performance assessment.

Lower class participation, impact on grading curves, and distracting behavior all have an effect on others.

Because your enrollment in a class is not without consequence. If you are doing poorly due to being distracted by your phone, you are creating harm for other students and the lecturer/professor. Thinking that you are free to behave however you wish just because you are the customer is an extremely consumer-minded Karen-esque mindset.

“I paid for it” isn’t an excuse to do whatever you want.

Yeah its so annoying when someone uses the wrong one