The lie is that these services intrinsically require that the companies be able to use this information for their own purposes. They only get to do that becaus

The lie is that these services intrinsically require that the companies be able to use this information for their own purposes. They only get to do that because people defend this behavior as acceptable. Also - you seem to be saying that if you want privacy you should be willing to make the sacrifice of behaving like a criminal and stressfully hiding from observers on a daily basis. I fail to see why you would want society to be this way.