“A pensar male degli altri si fa peccato ma spesso ci si indovina.” — Giulio Andreotti

(it's a sin to assume bad intent, but you often get it right)

He was a very controversial italian politician.

what would the bad faith motive even be?

$$$, one of the classic bad faith motives. Most of tech nowadays is subsidized by advertising and profiling to some degree, often quite a large degree.