It should be a capital offense for the CEO/controlling board of any company if their product employs the rapist mentality of "20 no's & a yes, is a yes" to the dialog options for features or sales pitches within their software. If you include anything other than a flat "no" option that''s permanent
Just as bad is when consent is assumed until a direct no is given. My first phone call on my new Pixel last year ended with the phone telling me “AI has automatically recorded, transcribed, and summarized your call. Would you like to view it now?” I DIDN’T GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO EAVESDROP, PHONE.
It would be one thing if it actually did it WELL. I would have considered using it if it improved things. But…this is a screenshot from a conversation I had last night where it autocorrected the word “coincide”, detected that the new word was wrong, and suggested something worse.
![A text box on Discord with a partially typed message. The text in the box says, “If only the major version update didn't coincidence wifh [sic]”. The phrase “didn’t coincidence” is underlined in blue, with a suggestion “didn't be a coincidence” provided below. This suggestion is, of course, blatantly wrong. The text I intended to send was “If only the major version update didn't coincide with…”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5u7pgin55thkbin3p3ep2xrb/bafkreig2ijyvuiik7rsdbiwks46gfinuofhe24pcqmqed5ersojv575fla@jpeg)