@Daojoan I translated this in Dutch and made a telling mistake in "or is someone else letting me have it?"

"of laat iemand me het gebruiken" is the translation that fits your text.

I wrote: "of laat iemand het me gebruiken", switching the accusative subject (is that the correct term?), which gives the meaning: "or is someone else letting it use me." Fits the figurative meaning of letting someone have it ;-)