We see how this plays out already in search: you need a surprisingly large human staff to manage the adversarial side. If "the algorithm" is predictably gameable, then malicious actors will take the value; so it needs to be constantly adjusted to keep ahead of them.

Yeah, but they also like price fixing and exploitation. Look at the transport industry how it implemented surveillance. One participant extracted more from their employees by putting them on a tighter schedule so that taking a leak became something relevant. Others have to adjust to these measures.

On how many established industries can you wake up tomorrow and start a competing company?