The argument is that most companies have staff who have read access to databases. That is not controversial. I'd estimate 99.5% of companies at least, probably closer to (or above) 99.9%, but I'm not an expert.

Note that this is truthful yet unpopular, which is the opposite of approval-seeking (or trying to "sound cool").

You incorrectly state:

> (the) argument is predicated on condemning every company

yet the argument is that almost every company has at least some staff with read access to databases: "every tech company ... with extremely rare exceptions", "~every" ('~' translates to 'approximately'), and "most companies".