super cool that all these companies have decided to make customers opt OUT of having their data sold for AI training purposes

"but no one would do it if it was opt-in!"

yeah, THAT IS THE PROBLEM

@molly0xfff
> "but no one would do it if it was opt-in!"

Then you don't have a business model, you have an extortion racket. Give it up before we imprison you.

Lots of people are enjoying this pithy expression of the problem (not original to me, to be sure).

I'll direct readers to someone who has better words than mine for exploring this evil shift in expectations.

https://soatok.blog/2024/02/27/the-tech-industry-doesnt-understand-consent/

#DefaultsMatter #ConsentIsRequired #DataSovereignty #OwnYourData

The Tech Industry Doesn’t Understand Consent - Dhole Moments

Thanks to Samantha Cole at 404 Media, we are now aware that Automattic plans to sell user data from Tumblr and WordPress.com (which is the host for my blog) for “AI” products. In respon…

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