That is misplaced. Android for instance is intentionally designed to leak like a sieve. The permission system is convoluted and designed to confuse lay users.
Google search itself creepily insists on telling you your location on every search when it has nothing to do with it and is completely irrelevant.
In this way it constantly seeks to legitimize creepy behavior and has gone all out to make stalking and hoovering up data look as if it is ok and harmless.
Combine Google's massive access to data across properties and their creepy behavior and the results are far more sinister.
Google search itself creepily insists on telling you your location on every search when it has nothing to do with it and is completely irrelevant.
In this way it constantly seeks to legitimize creepy behavior and has gone all out to make stalking and hoovering up data look as if it is ok and harmless.
Combine Google's massive access to data across properties and their creepy behavior and the results are far more sinister.