So if I parked outside your house and every day when you left I followed you all day as long as you are on public streets or in public places and posted real time everyplace you went would you be OK with that? It's public information.
For example, following people around in the real world, aka stalking, is frequently accompanied by threats or acts of physical violence, especially for famous people. Even for normal people, being tracked in the real world frequently leads to theft, burglary, or harrassment. On the other hand, being tracked by social media companies does not commonly result in either of these outcomes. Why? Because our actual physical bodies exist in the real world, making it an arena with much higher stakes.
Imagine if Facebook tracked everyone's physical location, saved it to a log, and then published that log to a public website, while keeping it updated in real time. Do you think people would find that an upsetting addition to what Facebook does now? Would you find that to be an upsetting addition? If so, you must admit there is therefore a difference between doing that and what they do now. If there was no difference, then there would be nothing additional to be upset about.
This is not me defending Facebook's tracking. This is simply me refuting the numerous assertions you've made in this thread that Facebook's tracking is "identical" to real-world stalking combined with publication of that information. It's not.
Unless you live in some jurisdiction like the EU and diligently refused to accept cookies on every website.
People have all their friends and family on Facebook and still want to talk to them. People have orgs, businesses, support groups, anything on Facebook. They don't accept the garbage conditions because they decided, but because it's their only way to do it.
Congratulations for being in the privileged position where you get to do so and still participate in society and make a living. For millions, that's not the case (hint: Whatsapp).
All we know is Person X landed in Port Y. that doesn't narrow down much on where they are like a car in a parking lot.
Tracking a car is fully legal, you can use ALPRs, follow the car etc.
What you cannot do is attach your own tracking devices to cars, just like you cannot attach one to Zuck's or Musk's plane.
And yes, you cannot attach one to a jet. But the jet needs to follow FAA regulations so we don't have to.