Google's automatic opt-in policy for data usage represents deceptive corporate practice that erodes user trust and privacy protections
Too little corroboration in the last 3 days to call a trend (3 articles). Watching for it to gain traction.
Mainstream financial press is carrying this — attention has broadened beyond specialist outlets.
"Google VP Josh Woodward polled Gemini users on their most-requested features and found removing the visible watermarks on images generated by Google's Nano Banana, Gemini's image-generation model, was in the top 10. It's hardly a shocker that many AI image generation enthusiasts' top priority is removing visible evidence of AI usage."
"Some also question whether privacy is Google's primary motivation for pushing back on the EU's rules. Calli Schroeder stated: 'I would say that we have to take these tech companies' arguments with a grain of salt and look at whether they've cared about privacy up to the point where suddenly a decision was affecting them in ways they don't like.'"
"The worst part about this is that all users have been automatically opted in for the same."