Comment by serial_dev

Yeah... They are all connected to the "three letter agencies", in Google's case it was very early, but I believe nobody can stay popular and not have all of these agencies infiltrate then take control of them.

Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Alexa, they are a gold mine for agencies, but even news sites, movie studios, and YouTubers. This is why they've been after Tik Tok for so long, they know how useful that app / network is.