Re: Opt-in, my arse
Bit like some recent TVs that pop us several EULA windows on first boot, for you to accept before you can use the TV.
But one of the EULA is for advertising, but you have to read through it to figure that out, and if accepted, it enables adverts in the EPG.
You can choose to decline that specific EULA, but how often is that ever an option? So most people assume you need to accept to continue, without realising you can actually decline and not get the adverts!
To me, these type of questions should be explicitly asked, not hidden in a block of text in the EULA.
i.e. something like:
Step 1: Do you want to enable adverts? Yes/No (or Crypto etc).
Step 2a: If No selected, don't enable and move to Step 3.
Step 2b: If Yes, show the advertising EULA, and allow acceptance or rejection.
Step 2c: If Accepted, enable adverts, go to step 3.
Step 2b: If rejected, do not enable adverts, go to step 3.
Step 3: Next part of the set-up.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
