Sure, we could talk about the evils of capitalism all day long, but this isn’t the place for it.
The reality is if a car manufacturer wanted to break into the luxury EV market and wasn’t sure if they should make a mid-sized family sedan or a 2 door coupe, do they just pump billions into R&D and hope for the best, risking the jobs of thousands of employees and entire communities in the process? Do they call BMW/Tesla/Audi/Mercedes/etc and ask them for their sales data?
No, they go buy that information from a market research firm, who buys that data from BMW/Tesla/Audi/Mercedes.
PII data controls are an important aspect of privacy, but blanket statements like “no one, anywhere, ever should sell my data” are childish.
Everyone always asks why is American cheese, but never how is American cheese.