The problem here is that governments themselves became dependent on the insane amount of user tracking these companies do, to the point where it is against thei

The problem here is that governments themselves became dependent on the insane amount of user tracking these companies do, to the point where it is against their own ‘best interests’ to stop these practices. Stuff like this happens all over the place—even the EU—under the guise of stopping terrorism and/or child pornography.