They had a hilarious part of the employment process which was figuring out if the new hire was in the EU or not, because if so, then legally the software could not be operated without consent. But that obviously lead to awkward conversations where consent given in that situation would be pretty questionable...
Pays $100K for senior developer role which is big money in many parts of the world (India, Eastern Europe, Africa, etc), so people put up with spyware.
When that employer is the only major one around, there is no such thing as a truly free choice.
There's a reason why meatpackers, Amazon or Walmart like to set up shop preferably in areas with high unemployment and why unionization attempts have been so fraught with failures - these companies exploit that the US social safety net is pretty much broken, and when your survival depends on that crap job you're not gonna complain too much.
A truly free labor market is one where everyone can choose to not work without losing their home as a result... only then, employers are forced to provide actually competitive working conditions (wages, workplace safety, equipment, break times).
Face it, there is no way of living "off the grid" to a reasonable degree.
It's ironic many cops are required to wear cams now, but they can still cover that lens.