OK, but by this definition of "willful deception" all social media companies and related engineering jobs can be lumped into a "repugnant" category? I think th

OK, but by this definition of "willful deception" all social media companies and related engineering jobs can be lumped into a "repugnant" category? I think that is reductive of engineers opinions for one, and over-stating the behavior of these companies. How are people being deceived? Are they being lied to in the privacy agreements? That would be obviously deceptive and I can agree they should be transparent, but it's very public that data is part of the revenue generation for these places nowadays. I think if people just expect to have a free service and give nothing up in return that isnt really a reasonable expectation anymore, so I don't find it deceptive or repugnant. Maybe there is an alternative where social media platforms don't rely on personal data and advertisements and I'd be all for that, but it doesn't exist now.