Hot Take Default Is the New Consent: How Tech Giants Exploit Opt-Out Fatigue for AI Training

[lokamoka820]

Every few weeks, another tech company slips a new clause into its privacy policy. The message is always the same: “We are using your data to train AI, unless you stop us.” That’s not consent, but exhaustion disguised as choice.

This quiet shift is what many call opt-out fatigue, a form of digital weariness that’s become central to the digital age. It’s no longer enough to use the internet simply. You also have to defend your right not to have your data fed to the machines that run it.

In this new reality, the idea of AI data privacy opt-out has become a test of how much control we still have over our digital lives.

Table of Contents​

• How Default Opt-Ins Became the Industry Standard
• Why Opt-Out Systems Fail Users
• The Real Winners Behind Your Data
• Fighting Back for Real Consent
• The Case for Opt-In by Choice
• Awareness is Power

How Tech Giants Exploit Opt-Out Fatigue for AI Training - Make Tech Easier

Tech giants exploit opt-out fatigue to auto-train AI on your data. Discover the AI data privacy opt out erosion and paths to real consent.

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[Parkinsond]

I use ChatGPT as a free user, and I know the price is my data.
If I do not want ChatGPT to use my data, I will just stop using.

 

[oldschool]

If you'd like to tie together all the threads of the failure of the internet, tech, regulation, etc., this is the book for you.
Enshittification

I just heard a great interview with the author at Background Briefing: October 6, 2025 – Background Briefing. Simply fantastic and on the money.

Doctorow also has a great tech news website that won't track or surveil you. Cory Doctorow's craphound.com | Cory Doctorow's Literary Works