Quite a bit of discussion yesterday in <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26403614" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26403614</a>.
I use T-Mobile for my data plan on my iPad. Here's my experience:<p>1. Followed the link from the Gizmodo article to the T-Mobile page to opt-out.<p>2. Logged in to T-Mobile. They send a 6-digit security code.<p>3. Forced password reset (due to age). They send another 6-digit security code.<p>4. New password, so new login. Another 6-digit security code.<p>5. Finally make it to the opt-out page. Instead of an opt-out checkbox, it's a Material component that is malfunctioning. If you switch it, it looks off. If you switch it again, it turns on briefly then turns off again.<p>6. I hope that hitting it an odd number of times is "on" even though it looks off.<p>7. The "Done" button does not work.<p>How is this okay?
"The company, for its part, promised the Wall Street Journal that it was defaulting to this new setting because “many say they prefer more relevant ads,”<p>I wonder how "many" actually reach out to carriers to say things like this?<p>All the robocalls are my biggest concern for example. Reaching out to the carrier about more relevant ads is not fathomable to me.