Hundreds of thousands of people declaratively opt into receiving marketing with informed consent on a daily basis. Just because you don’t does not mean other people are like you.
replyYes… seeing my spouse’s email inbox in mind blowing.
replyMaybe she didn’t opt in, but she will never unsubscribe from anything.
Emails from every site she’s ever shopped at.
Then why is it whenever I watch someone use their computer they always accept cookies?
replyBecause companies are trying really hard to hide the "no" button: it's a single click to say "yes to all", but a safari through dialogues to say "no to all"
replySame with websites like Youtube who don't understand a plain "no" but offer a fake choice between "yes, harvest all my data" and "ask me again later". That isn't consent, it's coercion.
1. accepting cookies is not the same as opting-in to advertisement
reply2. because most of the time, any other option is bloody inconvenient
They are choosing the lowest friction option.
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