Yeah, they are worse than that. They gather, control, select, restrict and sell all the user data they gather and that with almost Zero consideration towards the user. It is like a dead-body trying to feed itself: is never enough.
I have posted this videos on my fb page a lil while ago, about how shitty that platform is. If you're interested, here they are :
Link 1 ; Link 2 ; Link 3 .
Yes, I'm afraid you're right... Thanks for sharing your links, I will check them out soon.