But I also think it's easy to take all the incredible benefits for-granted and only see the downsides. I remember what it was like 30 years ago and I much prefer now. Do you remember having to go to a physical location (library or town hall) to look things up? Basically no-one bothered and we all blundered around believing whatever some bloke in the pub had told us about.
We all have the world in our pocket now and it's amazing.
(Yes we have the problem of bubbles and misinformation but I still think information abundance wins out over information drought)
Also no one snoops on your audio or camera despite the paranoia around it, there's no need to. You can get all the info you need much more efficiently and accurately other ways.
Maybe they have no other real choice? This discussion is full of such cases.