No need to look that far.

Palantir sells software for analyzing data, like Excel but on a large scale. If "Chat Control" passes, they will need software to analyze the data they collect, which is exactly what Palantir sells. It is just business.

I don't know about Thorn but it looks like the same: they sell software that may be of use for implementing "Chat Control".

Thiel also has a religious angle, where he thinks himself a god and imagines a perfect society where every human is watched at all times

Will that constant monitoring include him? Because these billionaires get ultra touchy even if you track their private jets.

"It is a just a business" is crazy to say if your founder was Peter Thiel and you ostensibly merged already halfway with the operating goverment (US, DoD)

I wish I were religious so I could believe that there is a special place in hell for those who do such societal damage for profit.

But it don't look like it.

I don't want to fall in a conspiracy but to me it seems there's an entire sector interested into relaxing E2E cryptography and data access.

Even if the NSA was not involved the same data and security companies would have the same incentives imho.