It is absolutely convenience. It is most of the reason people continue to willingly hand over their privacy and autonomy.

And, the key bit is ensuring it's a short term equation, so people don't evaluate the long term risk or implications.

People just never consider that they might be in a future situation where their convenience choices could be used against them in a troubling way. And they just plain don't care (as evident in the comments here) about those it impacts negatively now