All those were up-front and optional (though maybe the wording made the details seem less optional). The surveillance done by the advertising industry these day

All those were up-front and optional (though maybe the wording made the details seem less optional). The surveillance done by the advertising industry these days is definitely not up-front nor optional where they can possibly make it automatic/required/both. > What Meta and Google are doing It isn't just Meta and Google. It is a great many companies large and small. > is nothing new Even if I accepted the equivalence, the industry having done a smaller version of this surveillance in the past doesn't make it right. My friend traded a bit of weed in the 90s, that would be no reason for us to take an “it is what it is” attitude if he traded a ton of crack today!