Likewise I would prefer nobody does it, but that isn’t feasible given how easy it is to do it.

But… money is one kind of power, so I don’t think it’s “better”.

Given what happened in living memory to a previous government in (East) Germany that abused surveillance power, I both accept the concern, and yet also don’t expect it to actually apply here, at least not until about 2040 when the last people who remember experiencing the receiving end of it retire.