> How is it spying when the people are freely giving away their data?
The ruling has proved that no, people are not freely giving away their data. One of the infringing issues is that the system "Fails to properly request consent."
When consent is enforced by a system that can't be bypassed via dark patterns such as Apple's App Tracking Transparency, the actual opt-in rate is around 4%, suggesting that when given a proper choice users don't actually want to give away their data.
