No one willingly says "yes" to advertisements, but people will say "yes" to important-updates(-and-advertisements).

iamacyborg 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Hundreds of thousands of people declaratively opt into receiving marketing with informed consent on a daily basis. Just because you don’t does not mean other people are like you.

	▲	Esophagus4 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Yes… seeing my spouse’s email inbox in mind blowing. Maybe she didn’t opt in, but she will never unsubscribe from anything. Emails from every site she’s ever shopped at.

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nathanmills 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Then why is it whenever I watch someone use their computer they always accept cookies?

	▲	crote 40 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Because companies are trying really hard to hide the "no" button: it's a single click to say "yes to all", but a safari through dialogues to say "no to all" Same with websites like Youtube who don't understand a plain "no" but offer a fake choice between "yes, harvest all my data" and "ask me again later". That isn't consent, it's coercion.
	▲	cassianoleal an hour ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		1. accepting cookies is not the same as opting-in to advertisement 2. because most of the time, any other option is bloody inconvenient
	▲	al_borland 28 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		They are choosing the lowest friction option.