If they were truly concerned with "building new privacy-preserving technologies" they would provide these choices to everyone, not just those with a specific no

If they were truly concerned with "building new privacy-preserving technologies" they would provide these choices to everyone, not just those with a specific not-guaranteed-to-even-be-correct geographical determination. I'd probably still put in some uBlock rules to bypass it because it'd be an annoyance anyway, but it's the principle! Put all the PR sugar coating on it you want...it's still just them minimizing the impact to their shady business model while covering their ass from the legal side.