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by ElectricalUnion 1521 days ago
> What I would actually expect of Microsoft is to follow the Apple way: have one single central place, ideally at setup and later in the System Preferences, where tracking, analytics and other optional crap can be disabled system-wide.

This is still GDPR non-compliant, you should have a central place to _opt-in_ tracking, analytics and other optional crap if you so desire.
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mschuster91 1521 days ago
So what? You can opt-in to tracking in the macOS System Preferences, pane "security and data protection", tab "Privacy" at any time you wish should you not have done so during the macOS onboarding process.

In Debian, you can opt-in at setup time or any later time with a simple "dpkg-reconfigure popularity-contest" (even though that one isn't fully GDPR-compliant as you can't easily read what exactly is being done from the same screen).

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ElectricalUnion 1521 days ago
> So what? You can opt-in to tracking in the macOS System Preferences, pane "security and data protection", tab "Privacy" at any time you wish should you not have done so during the macOS onboarding process.

You cannot opt-in. You can go to `System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Analytics & Improvements` and opt-out, but the default is not opt-in.

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