I think this is it, the benefits of collecting from and sending to a person is valuable to advertisers as well as governments for similar reasons and applicatio

I think this is it, the benefits of collecting from and sending to a person is valuable to advertisers as well as governments for similar reasons and applications, namely engineering consent. The trouble I see is that because of it's utility it seems unlikely to go away. But also, what is the difference between being made to believe something via for example via a persuasive essay and a TikTok video, if the intent and result of both is the same?