Sean
I understand your first paragraph and I'd not go into that detail. You don't think they all, or near all wish to do this.
Paragraph three would take care of paragraph two. Full control.
All these tech companies want control and your money. Even this Alexa device has people yelling in their house. Stop Alexa, stop Alexa(laughed at a customer recently)I'm sure they are working on ways to squeeze more out of you in the future. Just wait. Getting you hooked.