This can’t go on, so it won’t. The 20s will be looked back at as a really awful time except for the ultra rich. Wait and watch and give actual people a chance, humans are better than this, but we’ve gotta develop antibodies to this new strain of leech.
Your client sounds like a prick of a person - I hope you find better clients!
Why do you think that will happen? It hasn’t for social media, nor dating apps, two things most of society agrees are toxic yet there’s no reversing them.
I think time will tell, and the thing of it is, they are ultimately BAD products, and society is like a pot of water that tends to not move at all and then suddenly starts boiling over.
The frustration has been building and the fever has never been higher. If you don’t see the frustration, you may be in a bubble because it is truly everywhere
I hope I'm wrong on this, but I've been there (seeing friends turn out to be bastards).
IMHO, if by feeling empowered by this magic shortcut a person crosses the line, it was never a question of ethics, but "too much work". People didn't cross it before because it was just not as easy to cross as it is now.
Your client sounds like a prick of a person - I hope you find better clients!