The key difference is the telephony company needs to know who I want to talk to so they can connect me, which web sites I want to load so they can retrieve the

The key difference is the telephony company needs to know who I want to talk to so they can connect me, which web sites I want to load so they can retrieve the data from the server, and where I am so phone calls and data are routed through a nearby tower. People aren't going to be as upset about a company having data that is necessary for their core service to be provided. Does Uber need to know where I sleep in order to catch a ride from my office to a bar for happy hour?