The context is important -- this occurred after a sale of the company -- but there's a reason why a lot of people are becoming increasingly tech hostile, and it's because any novel, joyful, curious thing can and will be used to track, oppress, violate, or kill.
This might be one of the most insane scandals in game history
When Pokemon Go players scan PokeStops, theyve been unknowingly building a detailed visual model of the world which is being sold to a military contractor to build a no-GPS positioning for the new generation of unmanned killing machines