I am partially with you on this one.

"Yes people often technically have options of not getting screwed but those options almost exist in a different world and in order to choose them you have to abandon the one you are living in now."

But the question that remains is this: If the true situation is people who'd desperately like not to be screwed, and would pay the same or more for this privilege, but are made helpless by corporate propaganda and market dominance, why do we not see new players rushing in to fill this need? They could take massive amounts of market share.

There are only two explanations I can see:

1. Monopoly forces or similar at work.

2. This is not the actual situation.

Regarding 1, you can make the argument for a network effect/coldstart problem. That seems possible to me as an alternative explanation, and as a way out. Still, in my personal experience, 90% of people just don't care that much, and so are vulnerable to essentially being "bribed" by short-term corporate incentives. The free/privacy-respecting alternatives would have to match this force, and also match the marketing.