I think there are two different things at work
here that deserve to be separated:
1. The compliance box tickers and bean counters are in the way of innovation and it hurts companies.
2. Claws derive their usefulness mainly from having broad permissions, not only to you local system but also to your accounts via your real identity [1]. Carefulness is very much warranted.
[1] People correct me if I'm misguided, but that is how I see it. Run the bot in a sandbox with no data and a bunch of fake accounts and you'll see how useful that is.
1. The compliance box tickers and bean counters are in the way of innovation and it hurts companies.
2. Claws derive their usefulness mainly from having broad permissions, not only to you local system but also to your accounts via your real identity [1]. Carefulness is very much warranted.
[1] People correct me if I'm misguided, but that is how I see it. Run the bot in a sandbox with no data and a bunch of fake accounts and you'll see how useful that is.