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On 1, I don't think it's a contradiction. It's opt-in by default, and to actually find the setting to opt-in, it's buried deep in the Play Services settings. Th
by fireball_blaze 5y ago
On 1, I don't think it's a contradiction. It's opt-in by default, and to actually find the setting to opt-in, it's buried deep in the Play Services settings. That's how I read it.
- croon 5y agoBut one says "opt-out".
- pavlov 5y agoIt's opt-out: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/6048248 https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answ... Which undermines the whole premise of the article.
- fireball_blaze 5y agoWow, then yes -- this is a non-story.
- pentagrama 5y agoI just checked my Android device and the opt-out looks like this https://imgur.com/a/1aaN4Ko https://imgur.com/a/1aaN4Ko I find interesting the UI, the user have to "enable" the opt-out, not enable the opt-in. It shows how crucial can be this simple switch for the ad industry immoral surveillance status quo. I guess the opt-out is disabled by default, I think I enabled it some time ago checking the phone settings.
- Tempest1981 5y agoIs your screenshot showing the default setting, when you first checked it?
- pentagrama 5y agoI'm not sure, maybe I enabled the opt-out at some point. Can't tell what was the default option when I buy the phone (have to flash it to know) Also, I guess the manufacturer is responsible of what is the default option of this setting? (or even the setting appear at all). Is a Xiaomi Mi A2 lite, it comes with Android 8.1 and was updated till Android 10. Maybe from Android 12 this is improved in some way.