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It's not creepy as long as it's opt in.

South Korea has an app, it could be done by anybody actually, but a known company would have more resources and branding power.

The reality is that after Eric Schmidt went away, Google changed: it's trying to make money by focusing only on its products instead of focusing on its image by doing good to people (while building its products).

Also Trump doesn't have the same relation with these companies as Obama had.