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Last time I went to NW I got myself a Google 8 Pro, really nice camera. Cannot stop it from asking me to activate the backup for my pictures and videos. I dismi

• bbor 2y ago
  Because the lead of the google photos team in charge of that enrollment funnel will get a pat on the head for having solid Artifacts detailing how many tens of thousands of users they got to sign up. I don't think there's any nefarious scheme, they just want you firmly and permanently locked into their ecosystem, and every little step helps. Plus, it's one of those things where 90% of tech-illiterate people probably do want it. So it can make some benign sense to spam it a bit -- though that obviously sounds excessive.
  • atum47 2y ago
    if you believe that they won't train their models on data from their users I have a piece of land on the moon that I want to sell. I'll give you a good deal if you interested