Did you read the article? I find your jaded sense of cynicism to be different than critical thought. I don't see any proof in the article posted about its claims. It's just very easy to get jaded, cynical people to support the right headlines on social media. Hacker News, be better.
I work in healthcare, and the legal department bars me from using Google Analytics for HIPAA reasons.
Meanwhile, IT made Chrome the only browser the employees are allowed to use on every Windows machine in the org.