to them who find this comment exagerated (hyperbollic?) there are things that through symbolism come to signify life-or-death scenario across different context

to them who find this comment exagerated (hyperbollic?) there are things that through symbolism come to signify life-or-death scenario across different contexts (i.e. life or dead of what-exactly?) these "ad-tech" wars aren't about technology as much as they (really) are about (the future?) of user freedom. freedom is the key word (symbol) which links this difficult real world contest into the nuclear leagues