> The worst thing a corporation is likely to do (other than giving your data to governments) is to sell you something And squash unions: https://www.businessi

> The worst thing a corporation is likely to do (other than giving your data to governments) is to sell you something And squash unions: https://www.businessinsider.com/whole-foods-tracks-unionization-risk-with-heat-map-2020-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/whole-foods-tracks-unionizat... https://www.newsweek.com/they-were-spying-us-amazon-walmart-use-surveillance-technology-bust-unions-1658603 https://www.newsweek.com/they-were-spying-us-amazon-walmart-... And steal tips: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/nyregion/doordash-tip-policy.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/nyregion/doordash-tip-pol... And make sure you don't block ads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaUv7mwdBUs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaUv7mwdBUs Or use "their" products (they retain ownership even after you "buy" them) in unapproved ways: https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/nvidia-bans-consumer-gpus-in-data-centers/ https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/nvidia-bans-consumer... https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/musk-bans-tesla-drivers-ridesharing-their-cars-will-roll-out-n670516 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/musk-bans-tesla-drive... Or catch whistleblowers: https://www.aspca.org/improving-laws-animals/public-policy/what-ag-gag-legislation https://www.aspca.org/improving-laws-animals/public-policy/w... These are just off the top of my head, I'm sure I've missed plenty of ways. We also have personalized pricing to look forward to in the near future. I've also neglected how they abuse surveillance to squash competition and smaller firms. Consumers rarely care about this, but the private and business spheres are not hermetically separate - when there is only one telecom or supermarket or other company left (or just a handful, and they collude), because they've killed competitors with anti-competitive practices, consumers and employees will feel the consequences. When they won't be able to run their own e-mail, and farmers will see supermarkets take all the profits, and be forbidden from 'unauthorized' tractor repair, and innumerable other abuses.