alt Hacker News> everything was opt-in
Opt-in used to mean that it was disabled until you explicitly click somewhere to enable it.
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thfuran • yesterday at 6:14 PM
It still does.
intothemild • yesterday at 5:57 PM
Opt-in as in don't connect smart TVs to the internet.
I probably should have said "everything was already enabled"... Opt-in/out was on the mind, and neither seemed like the right wording to convey that the choice was already made for me in the wrong direction.... I was opted in automatically.