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Re:Google – My Activity by tombrossman on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @12:03AM (#12897807)
> Perhaps that is because they are unable to join your advertising profile with your account, under various terms of services and agreements.

You should read this and reconsider. From the article: "The change is enabled by default for new Google accounts. Existing users were prompted to opt-in to the change this summer." https://www.propublica.org/article/google-has-quietly-droppe...

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Re:Google – My Activity by Godel_unicode on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @02:00AM (#12898264)
So? "Users were prompted to opt-in" != "Everyone chose to opt-in".
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Re:Google – My Activity by thecatspaw on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @03:12AM (#12898507)
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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