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Re:Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – th... by techsupporter on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @01:34PM (#35617137)
And notice how "Yes" is permanent. Once you "agree," you can never go back without starting all over again, if even then.

This is why there are no more "No" selections. The developers--from marketing to the people who ask ChatGPT to spit out the required Python code and then paste it into a GitHub repository--all have financial motivations for you to say "Yes".

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Re:Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – th... by account42 on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @04:54AM (#35625938)
This is why I think that the GDPR is such an important law not just for the things it covers but because it formalizes the notion of iformed consent for computer interactions - specifically requiring that saying no has to be as easy as saying yes.
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