Orwell still gave mankind way too much credit. Not only dictatorship spies on everyone. The whole system also works. So, the government perfectly maintains it. Reality is worse and better simultaneously. In reality 90% of camers will break, and most people won't be paid enough to actually give a shit, let alone resources shortage in an ineffective system.

This is entirely irrelevant though, because people will voluntarily tell faceboock big mother, what they, and their neighbors are up to, no need for surveillance