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		charcircuit on Feb 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google to turn on activity tracking for many users... >sneakily re-enable a previous off setting set by users How is sending everyone an email about it being "sneaky"?

somehnacct3757 on Feb 2, 2022 [–]

Because not everyone will read or understand the email.

Because they sent the email months before users can adjust the new setting to match their old setting, placing a burden to remember on the user.

Because they didn't default the new value to the existing value.

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