In a word, yes.
They know it benefits them more than us, so they make it opt-out.
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Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Why is this shit always opt-out?
Are they afraid it’s a shit feature, so no one would be want to opt in?
In a word, yes.
They know it benefits them more than us, so they make it opt-out.
They also know that just a tiny tiny percentage of users will go into settings, and even less actually change something.
It reframes a thing as your fault if you miss the opt-out window. They are blame free and you failed to protect yourself.
Because we live in corporate dictatorships with the illusion of “democracy”.
Wait until you find out how most regulations are enforced by “self-reporting”… the honor system, lol.
renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 1 week ago
Because Techbros really struggle with consent.
justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 1 week ago
This dates tactic predates the internet.
Cable, telephone and banks used to do this regularly.