I think the argument is that it's already out there. Companies, with no directive to even pretend to serve the public interest, already have all that data. The

I think the argument is that it's already out there. Companies, with no directive to even pretend to serve the public interest, already have all that data. The government does too, because security agencies mandate that they get backdoor access. "Once it's out there, it's out there forever" - that already happened. Given that it's already out there, there's not much more to fear in terms of a slippery slope. All that's left is to at least force the public sector to disclose more of what's going on and regulate how private interests are allowed to use it. Otherwise, we already have the dystopia you're imagining, we just don't see it as well.