These last couple of comments were probably some exaggerating pun... But after this story I was running privacy checkup, surprisingly found that my location history was on (after turning it off several times long before, which is a separate question why it turns on), turned it off again and then got 404 when trying to delete it. All this in a labyrinth of often circular links without much clue where the actual switch is.

(A year later) 'Over 90% of our users don't choose to turn these settings off. So we made on the default and removed the option.'

... We passed the point where dark UX patterns deserved the benefit of doubt a few years ago.

If it benefits the company, it's intentional.

This thread got progressively more accurate and more depressing at additional comment