I hear this all the time. I have this conversation on the regular.

Them: “Oh you think Tik Tok is spyware?”

Me: “yes”

Them: “I’ll have you know so is Google, Apple, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Microsoft, and all the big American companies too”

Me: “Yeah, that’s why I don’t use them”

Them: gasp “you’re just paranoid bro are you a drug dealer or something?”

Me: “no, I just like my privacy. You probably wouldn’t like it if some guy was following you keeping tabs about everything you do either.”

Them: “well I’ve got nothing to hide”

Me: “maybe the next person in power might see your current and past beliefs illegal”