What don't you like about that sentence?
> subversive literature
Many books I read were on a list (as in, jail for possession) less than 40 years ago where I live.
> nicely compiled for corporations
It's literally the explicit purpose of collecting this data.
> and government
Yes, there's no way a government could ever exploit detailed data about their citizen's behaviour, inclinations, political opinions, etc.
I do not, that seems like a very basic expression of a desire for privacy.
Not wanting your literature choices under surveillance is a common type of privacy that many people, myself included, desire.
Eh, the comment was hyperbolic at best and paranoid at worst.
The library knows which books you checked out, and the book store knows which books you've bought. Is this really that much different?
The library does not sell my data to thousands of corporations as its core business model. At the book store I can pay cash if I so desire. Yes you're right, it's truly no different from a detailed live-log of everything you read, analysed, packaged, and sold to whomever pays for it.
> I personally don't want a list of all the "subversive literature" I read nicely compiled for corporations and government to exploit