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Godel_unicode on Nov 8, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google – My Activity

So? "Users were prompted to opt-in" != "Everyone chose to opt-in".

thecatspaw on Nov 8, 2016 [–]

in my past experience google is a master in disguising these opt-in prompts as mandatory, with a tiny tiny X somewhere or a "skip" button only showing up when unticking the correct checkboxes

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