Yes, it is that bad. Dark pattern opt-in tomfoolery is bad enough. The current 'good luck finding your way out of this maze of never ending twists and turns' op

Yes, it is that bad. Dark pattern opt-in tomfoolery is bad enough. The current 'good luck finding your way out of this maze of never ending twists and turns' opt-out horror scenarios is 100x worse, and that is after you found out about all the tracking and reporting shenanigans and the existence of the opt-out in the first place.