I don’t trust any of those companies much, but I trust each and every one of them more than I trust the NSA, and if this were about getting press for these companies, I doubt that they would all want to join hands and get press right alongside of their competitors.
I’m not saying that I completely buy it, but Gov’t surveillance of the web might be a gateway to Gov’t censorship of the web, and I can see how that could hurt any tech company.
Also, keep in mind that though, yes, these tech giants are collecting data on their users all of the time, they are completely transparent about what is being collected. It’s all there in the license agreement for you to look up. The same can’t be said for the Gov’t.
