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by 93po 1145 days ago
> This functionality will have a prominent in-app message that will ask Individual and Family account users to choose whether they prefer to keep telemetry on or off their account. Nothing gets collected until they’ve made this choice, and users will be able to change their preferences whenever they would like.

Does the choice for "Track My Activity" look like a "Continue" or "Next" button? Respectfully, it sounds like you're trying really hard to not actually say it's going to be opt-out.

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The designs for what the screen will look like have not been completed yet. I couldn't say exactly what the language will be. From what I've seen thus far it will be clear that there is a choice to be made, but the default selection will be to enable telemetry.

Here is a draft of what we're considering: https://bucket.agilebits.com/ben/telemetry-consent-draft.png

Does that help clarify what the experience will be?

I appreciate the least-bad option for a feature most people don't want. I will be impressed if this is how it's implemented and how it stays. I also appreciate your willingness to engage with people online who get to stay anonymous while making criticisms when you don't have the same luxury.