You hit the point accurately. But misses why the discrimination is both warranted and needed.
We do not trust those either.
With the recent progress in Firefox they had a really good position to win users back. A key driver would be getting away from Google (Chrome) who wants your data.
That driver has now been reduced. They have taken the lower road.
Neither do I trust YCombinator with this data. Or anyone else...
So why trust company X? The point being: I do not.
Thank you for your software but please do not use it as leverage for getting my data.