I think it's an extension of people only conceiving these things within capitalism (although they might call it techno feudalism or some shit), I remember the phrase "if you aren't paying for something you're the product" and thinking that so many people don't realize we already have things that fall outside of that like so much of the FOSS ecosystem including Linux. It doesn't help that this kind of messaging is so amplified by liberals on social media who refuse to see the real cause behind our current issues with AI and instead focusing on idealism.