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This is a frequent pattern with their privacy controls. There's no granularity and services become all or nothing. I just did the privacy checkup thing they offer and for the "Web & app activity" part there's just a single checkbox. Waze wanted my location either all of the time or it wouldn't work, with no "Just when I use the app" option. (As an aside, I was kinda horrified by the things Google had just assumed were ok. Opt out is a dark pattern.)


I'm curious: What did they assume was okay that horrified you?




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