I don't use Facebook and WhatsApp either, and Twitter doesn't have my real name, so I know that it is possible to avoid many intrusive services, but it depends on what communities you are part of and what sort of people you want to stay in touch with.

I guess the proof is all in the etc etc etc.

How about things like using Google search, exchanging unencrypted email with people who use ad funded mail services like gmail, using software or hardware that isn't completely open source (or working with people who do), using ad funded web sites, operating systems or apps that track you, using credit cards and other authenticated payment services, using location based services, using the internet without Tor, making unencrypted phone calls?

But yes, strictly speaking you are right. It is not impossible to avoid all of that and still have a social life. It's just very very difficult, and that's why it makes sense to speak up when useful services are designed in ways that create unnecessary privacy issues.

You happened to be born before those tools were invented. Question at hand is how life will be for those growing up now.

I guess you have a point. I, too, grew up before all these things were "the standard" (heck, I didn't have internet at home until I was 22 for crying out loud) so even though it is annoying when they aren't there, I can totally picture a life without them.