By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/07/2026Indeed, given this fact, one wonders why Apple bothers with the "don't spy on me" button at all. Why not have a "*do* spy on me" button that is unchecked by default, and leave users to dig through their settings to find the option to opt in to being surveilled? 15/ 1223
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/07/2026Of course, then it would make the fact that *Apple* spies on its customers and uses the data to target ads (with *no* way to opt out) a little awkward: pluralistic.net/2022/11/14/l... 16/pluralistic.netPluralistic: 14 Nov 2022 Even if you’re paying for the product, you’re still the product – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1204
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/07/2026In the absence of a ban on surveillance without explicit, opt-in consent, we are left with the bizarre fiction that most of us want to be spied on, a fiction that pervades the DROP process, making the entire procedure nearly impossible to complete. 17/ 1155