Thread · 2 tweets · 7 May 2021

I think it's more complicated than that. The FIPS, that ground procedural opt in regimes like the GDPR, were heavily developed in the US. But then you started getting shrinkwrap terms where opening the box opted you in.

This quickly became "by using this site, you are agreeing to the terms" which is actually a form of opt in. It's an insane variant, but fundamentally it's just as rotten as the European version, only more streamlined…