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"Oh, no! It's collects data!" - say people who use search engines, smartphones, navigations, personal AI assistants and social networks created by big tech companies to trade in user data.
No, that's legit! Also, not something 99.9% of people who complaint about privacy do.
People have a complete right to complain about privacy and make their own choices with what they find acceptable. All of those examples you listed are where people are making a concious choice. Apps sneaking in data collection is not acceptable, people are most likely to already trust the app when the rug is pulled from under them.
All of those are awful and you should endeavor to use them as little as possible...particularly when alternatives that don't mine your data exist...