> what are you proposing as a solution? That privacy groups stop accepting money from tech companies? What that would do is cause them to have less money for pr

> what are you proposing as a solution? That privacy groups stop accepting money from tech companies? What that would do is cause them to have less money for privacy advocacy. Ask yourself who benefits from that. This is a classic case of zooming in too far with your politics. You can maybe make this argument if you put blinders on and only consider the next best option in this exact political system, but really this is a paradigmatic example of Google & Facebook attempting both regulatory capture & crowding out organizations who would authentically advocate for users rather than gigantic corporations. If you wake up every morning and choose the least evil of the options directly in front of you without once thinking of the bigger picture, you go to some truly bad places.