You are absolutely correct. The Internet has become an oppressive monolith. Everywhere you look there is oppression and fear. Apple, Google, Facebook, Micro$oft, Atlassian, Samsung, and all the other tech companies are all utterly corrupt. There are no good guys. You have to assume that everything is trying to steal from you, surveil you, sell you, or get you to buy something. You can't trust anything online. The good old days of the Internet being an exciting frontier are long over.