This reminds me of when Blizzard did the same thing to us Diablo 2 players almost ten years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warden_(software).

They did so very openly, although you clearly couldn't play the game without submitting to the requirements.

Of course, this was back when things like having the government surveil our library history was considered a big deal in privacy. Culture's changed quite a bit since.