Big Tech is about taking control from our hands and put it into stockholders' or whoever has money for ads. They're trying to sweeten the deal by making things

Big Tech is about taking control from our hands and put it into stockholders' or whoever has money for ads. They're trying to sweeten the deal by making things ever 'easier' to use (which aligns in part with removing user control). In fact things have become harder to use, because using should mean understanding, adapting, repurposing. Some products can't even be resold anymore...