> My question is: Why should a company make it easy for people to do exactly what it doesn't want them to do? The problem isn't when a company makes it hard fo

> My question is: Why should a company make it easy for people to do exactly what it doesn't want them to do? The problem isn't when a company makes it hard for people to do exactly what it doesn't want them to do. Apple probably doesn't want its users to electrocute themselves, so they make sure the charger is properly isolated and all that. The problem is when a company makes it hard for people to do what they want to do. That sucks, because it's usually why people are paying money for. In this case, some people will want to make sure they aren't tracked (the other people don't care about it, so the option's placement is irrelevant to them). Hiding that option so well is simply useless: it achieves nothing for the people who don't care about it, and annoys those who do care about it (who tend to be tech-savvy enough that they'll find it no matter how well it's hidden). It's simply a defect in design: a misfeature that was grafted there for the glorification of someone who needed a contract signed. It provides zero advantages for the contracting parties, and huge disadvantages for the users.