Well they're privacy "conscious" but still feel trapped. IMHO the first sentence is even more telling namely "privacy and convenience are two extreme opposites" as a justification. It's not necessarily true, namely one can use... well pretty much anything BUT Google or Meta product and have a perfectly convenient experience. They are just used to it, so amalgamating what they are used to to what is objectively convenient for all.

Maybe some day in the near future they will decide to go from being conscious to active about it and I can tell in advance, they are going to feel a lot better, but it requires more than introspection, it requires action.