> Though I'm deeply disappointed in how many large sites have interpreted "opt in" as spending 5 minutes vigorously unchecking boxes with ambiguous meaning, hopefully that will bite them hard.
The fun part about that one is actually that the "opt in" by default is a blatant violation of the GDPR when that's supposedly what they're trying to to comply with. If you're in the EU, make sure to file a complaint with your data protection agency (e.g. in the UK that's the ICO, in Germany that's your Landesdatenschutzbehörde).
I'm overly stressed out at the moment but I've encountered a couple of local sites that behave quite bad in this regard. I'll probably try to direct an email to the developers and see what they have to say about that and depending on the answer (or lack thereof) I'll continue with a complaint.
The fun part about that one is actually that the "opt in" by default is a blatant violation of the GDPR when that's supposedly what they're trying to to comply with. If you're in the EU, make sure to file a complaint with your data protection agency (e.g. in the UK that's the ICO, in Germany that's your Landesdatenschutzbehörde).