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I've tried to follow the links from the article and eventually came across this document [0]

What the attorney general Brnovich references are emails which shows google engineers are aware that people are confused by the settings. The specific example in this case is that your location is still tracked if you enabled Web & App Activity, but disabled Location.

The emails show the google engineers aren't surprised why users would expect a different result. The main reason people are confused, the google engineers think, is because google doesn't display they are still being tracked in their timeline (in this specific case).

Disclaimer: I'm biased against google, but hope I kept it factual.

[0] https://beta.documentcloud.org/documents/20385394-arizona-v-...