I don't think it's absurd at all. If the leak is an accurate depiction of reality, then it doesn't matter how culpable I think Google and Facebook are. What matters is that I can't use the services of those companies if I want my data to be private.

I actually boycott certain airlines. Yes, there are TSA rules but their implementation is very different. American airline staff ('airline', not 'Airlines') seems to operate on a paranoia level that is simply not compatible with the service level I expect from an airline. I want to be treated as a customer and not as a potential terrorist … other airlines flying to the US (and worldwide anyway) manage to do that.

Your government is owned by your corporations. Thus, the best way to get to your government is doing something the hurts your companies' bottom line.

Because.. yours isn't, maybe. ha ha ha.

You can boycott traveling to the US, what a lot of people are doing because they don't want a pat-down.

Why is it absurd?

And which government?