There are lots of companies that do this. Doesn't make it right.

The real "evil" here is that companies like Meta, Google, and now OpenAI sell people a product or service that the customer thinks is the full transaction. I search with Google, they show me ads - that's the transaction. I pay for Chatgpt, it helps me understand XYZ - that's the transaction.

But it isn't. You give them your data and they sell it - that's the transaction. And that obscurity is not ethical in my opinion.

Does Google have your medical records? It doesn't have mine.

Since when is Google the model to emulate?