To be fair trackmania where ubisoft implemented that is free2play. And you can deactivate it when you bought their subscription, the only issue is that it's not sutomaticly deactivated once you buy ir

Even if this was allowed. Surely most apps wont run anymore in the name of security

Outlook devs also doesn't know how the internet works. After all they use word as there email renderimg engine

The google auth which transmits your totp code in plaintext to there servers?

Well negativity is there because every app wants it.

I don't care if account x is compronised, as it has absolutly no value

Depends i see, every suv as needlesly huge. And you definitly see them everywhere

They are not sellung technology. If i could buy a license to run twitter on my server then you would be correct.

Twitter is a socialmedia company . Just as uber is rideshare company