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Originally Posted by jhowell
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.
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OK, forget the automatic opt in. Why do you think Sidewalk is a good idea? How does it benefit you in any concrete (pun intended) way? I don't see what it does for me, or for my neighbors. I do see that Amazon potentially has another tool to exploit.