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Re:Analytics suggest 96% of users leave app tracking disable... by Spivak on Friday May 07, 2021 @03:52PM (#27080167)
> BTW, this is also why the covid exposure notification apps failed miserably. They should have always been opt-out.

Absolutely not. Using defaults because you know most people wont' change them to achieve a specific outcome that you, the default setter want, is exactly the same evil. Just because you're doing it for "good" doesn't justify it.

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Re:Analytics suggest 96% of users leave app tracking disable... by woeirua on Friday May 07, 2021 @08:22PM (#27082390)
LOL. OK. How many lives could’ve been saved if everyone had Covid exposure notifications enabled during the pandemic? The answer is most certainly not zero. Maybe it’s hundreds or thousands.
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