The problem when you don't have competitive markets is that companies collude to use their oligopoly power and start exploiting people instead of making product

The problem when you don't have competitive markets is that companies collude to use their oligopoly power and start exploiting people instead of making products for them. It's socially destructive because without privacy and moral context, all that is left is nihilism. Without privacy for the human exceptions to ideals, who gives a fuck if you lie, cheat, drive recklessly, cultivate morbid sexuality, or worse, as you're being monitored the whole time and nobody is doing anything about it, so there are no consequences, and even when there are, they are random. It's the social equivalent to being in a jail. Surveillance has become the most socially destructive force in our society today. I'm looking at getting a new truck after driving an old wrangler without infotainment or even power windows, and part of that is looking for aftermarket services to disable most of this distracting and dangerous crap. Maybe that's going to be my next product play.