A few decades ago someone might have said, "Well, you can choose to just not go to those places which have surveillance cameras," and that would have been a perfectly valid suggestion to solve my immediate problem at the time.
A few decades later, in 2022, the city that I live in has cameras and facial recognition everywhere. Avoiding them means never going to the supermarket, visiting the CBD, driving practically anywhere.
I don't think the hypothetical person was a shill for "Big Camera". It seems much more likely that they don't believe or haven't considered the possibility that proliferation of surveillance could lead to a future where stepping out your front door will result in your image being sent to Amazon by your neighbours doorbell. Or that they're fine with that future, but have no sympathy for people who aren't I guess.