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This is not tech specific, this is the world we live in. It is built on ignorance.

- It is the steak I ate at dinner. - It is the AC I turned up in summer. - It is the car I drive etc.

Society does indeed effectively force us to participate in a number of immoral systems and choices but the ones you listed are not equivalent to voluntarily choosing a job whose fundamental basis is deceiving people into violating their privacy for your personal gain.

Agreed, there's greater sins and lesser sins and it's insane to think otherwise.

Some would disagree that opting into eating meat—supporting an industry that kills billions of animals each year—is better than any violation of privacy.

As I'm sure you're aware, the majority of the population doesn't bat an eye at that. I don't think it's at all surprising that enough people wouldn't be bothered by some non-lethal deception for monetary gain.

> - It is the steak I ate at dinner. - It is the AC I turned up in summer. - It is the car I drive

I know that this is just example. But are these specific things common?

The commonality I believe they're pointing to is the suffering that is often caused for these things to exist / function.

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