I don't think that mistrust of tech companies is cynicism, especially not after we have seen them repeatedly prioritize profits over our privacy, including lite

I don't think that mistrust of tech companies is cynicism, especially not after we have seen them repeatedly prioritize profits over our privacy, including literally selling our privacy on the open market. It's hard for me to imagine that Microsoft would implement a "watches everything you do" program if they didn't want to look at what it sees. The entire internet, all of your personal information, every written text, and every photo uploaded to social media have been absorbed into these companies AI models, and they are all clamoring to one-up each other. They are going to acquire as much data as they can get their hands on, and this software is a clear way to do it. Even the AI features in MS Paint will send your data to Microsoft for "content safety", even though the model runs locally. They're already setting the scene for what they plan to do with Recall.