Normally I agree with that principle, but in the case of surveillance capitalism I've learned it's often the opposite. Any excuse whatsoever to hoover customer

Normally I agree with that principle, but in the case of surveillance capitalism I've learned it's often the opposite. Any excuse whatsoever to hoover customer data to feed into marketing analytics is taken, with few exceptions. It's become the primary business model of the Internet and of consumer-oriented computing. Consumer oriented Internet services that do not productize the user are the exception. Things like mobile apps and cloud-based assistance services are guilty unless proven innocent and I only use them if the value proposition is so high that the cost/risk is acceptable. I also try to limit their permissions as much as I can. I tried Grammarly for five minutes. It was cool, but I dropped it when I realized that its business model was obvious. It was uploading every single thing I typed into anything to the mothership. Not only is this invasive as hell but it's also a massive security vulnerability. I don't feel like having my company's bank accounts emptied because someone hacks Grammarly or a disgruntled employee dumps the database and sells anything that looks like an account number on the dark web.