It reminds me of the reaction to the Five Eyes reveal. If someone had presented it as a conspiracy theory beforehand and asked me if I thought it was happening,

It reminds me of the reaction to the Five Eyes reveal. If someone had presented it as a conspiracy theory beforehand and asked me if I thought it was happening, I'd have said it probably was. It's probably quite easy to justify to yourself if you see everyone else doing it, even though it has abhorrent consequences[1]. Like people dropping cigarette butts. [1] Which they should have known existed - the oligarchy of car companies ensures a huge impact from just one company playing unfairly.