I wish it was always my choice. The introduction of internet to the underground in London, has allowed others the choice of holding their conversations loudly within close proximity to me. I have no wish to know why you have fell out with your best friend, I'd prefer silence.

I don't disagree. But you also see many companies act nefariously to intentionally make their connected products difficult to live without and addicting. At some point, when a product is having a lot of money poured into it to make it addicting and many individuals are not able to stop using it on their own, it is not an individual issue, but a policy issue. And, that's the internet in a nutshell for most people.