>Before he can activate the setting, however, Google always presents him language that explains the basics of the service.

Moreover, most people did not blindly click through all the prompts:

>Roughly one-third of active Google users have enabled Location History.

"While this feature is turned off by default, many of Google's services and apps require it to be turned on, so unless you're actively keeping it off, there's a good chance it's enabled for your Google account." https://www.xda-developers.com/google-location-history/

"lots of people seem to have it switched on without even realising" https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2017/10/03/the-google-tracking...

Also, "Turning off the timeline feature doesn’t remove Google’s access to your location data as long as you use it for navigation and Google searches." https://www.guidingtech.com/how-to-view-and-manage-location-...