The system works as intended by those who set it up.

Oh yes they do, as a multiplicator of everything that lobbies and billionaires say and do.

Fine, you don’t trust them to keep a contract.

With that mindset you can’t even open a bank account or do any other daily business. Or can you? Why trust those contracts but not Apple or Google’s?

Google is quite specific how they’re using your private data, and Apple as well. You can look into the contract and choose.

Meta has their scandal and has proven untrustworthy. Zuck very first known comments from Facebook success shows how he dismisses his users as idiots. But Google? They were even explicit when they were fine with evil.

And Apple at least has a plausible business concept to not automatically assume they must lie. So, what’s the reason other than “they might lie”, which applies to your bank and doctors as well?