The analogy of ADSB user/landing fees and the idea of location services on your cell phone being used to charge you fees from towns you pass through is not that far fetched.
If government agencies, or their contracted private vendors, can use the aviation tracking data you generate (ADSB) to assess fees, sooner or later the tracking data on your phone (that data is already being collected by the way) will be used to generate more revenue for municipalities. Honestly, I’m a little surprised California hasn’t thought of this already.
In order to fight this collection of fees in aviation, this needs to be categorized as a TAX. An unconstitutional tax in order to get the attention of elected officials who are responsible to the voters for levying taxes.
Imagine a future that no matter where you travel, by any mode of transportation, you are assessed a travelers fee, just based on your movement through time and space. This is the direction we’re headed in. Ultimately, fees on anything mean you get less of whatever you tax, which may be the the real goal - less transportation, less movement, less strain on the infrastructure.
Dystopian doesn’t begin to describe what this could turn into.