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Originally Posted by haertig
Because "they're just taking a little bit" is not a justification to take it. So their customers should shut them down cold, from the start, so they don't get any ideas later that they can "take just a little bit more". It is not right to take something from someone because you judge that it shouldn't be a burden to them. Especially when you don't even know that person - or those millions and millions of persons, as is the case with Amazon's current endeavors. You take a penny from each one and you have really enriched yourself, haven't you?
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I have stated multiple times already that I agree that Amazon (and Apple) did something sleazy by making this an opt-out feature. I understand why they chose to do it, but I think it was wrong for them to do it that way. For me it is a minor transgression and I am not going to get worked up over it. Using my bandwidth to track my behavior across websites is a common practice for many companies and bothers me much more than this.
Opt-in vs. opt-out is a separate issue from whether or not I believe that Sidewalk itself is a good idea. I think that it is and I would have happily enabled it, had it been an opt-in feature. As it is I plan to leave it turned on.