The promise of protection has always been the foundation of peasant support for their local feudal lord.
This seems true in any society. There will be power dynamics where fewer people will control and exploit larger numbers of people. The US has had a different experience post WW2 where power was institutionalized in Government agencies and unions but the recent anti Government hysteria seems to have broken that for good leaving the majority (once again) at the mercy of the wealthy and the powerful individuals.
Apt.
> It's sad that consumers rely on one corporation to defend their privacy from other corporations.
Alternative take: consumers care about privacy and so the market is providing alternatives.
Consumers care about "privacy" so products are getting privacy-washed
The fact that Google and Facebook are doing so well, is proof that people generally do not care about privacy.
Or it’s an argument that both are effective monopolies