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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So they have to be aggressive by automatically adding garbage nobody wants because otherwise people won't bother activating said garbage they don't want?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No, because most people stick with the default option regardless.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm just trying to understand my our point.... You argue they have to do this because people won't bother on their own... Then proceed to back your statement with an example where MS added garbage and people don't bother or can't figure to remove it...

I mean, you and I known MS could simply ask... They don't because they want that slide that says x many million users of Copilot...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I mean, you and I known MS could simply ask…

No.

https://thedecisionlab.com/intervention/how-default-settings-doubled-organ-donation-rates-in-the-us https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3855900/ https://sparq.stanford.edu/solutions/opt-out-policies-increase-organ-donation https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3458339/

That's the best known case, but it's not limited to organ donation of course.

they want that slide that says x many million users of Copilot…

I didn't argue with that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

That doesn't mean they can't... At most it means is less advantageous for their goals.... Screw the user