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Ask HN: Opt in v/s out

3 pointsby dhruvbirdalmost 10 years ago
This question keeps coming up, and the usual argument I&#x27;ve heard is: For most users, they wouldn&#x27;t bother opting in, so there&#x27;s no way to release a feature than to have them be opted in by default for all new features, and then have an option to opt out for stuff they don&#x27;t really want.<p>I was wondering if it would be feasible for a product to have a screen when it&#x27;s installed, asking users if they would want to opt in or out by default? Has anyone experimented with such a strategy in their product? What have your observations be?

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cheburekialmost 10 years ago
I can&#x27;t comment on my own observations because I don&#x27;t have enough experience with this. However, some suggest that default choices are hard to resist: whether it&#x27;s online or off. NYT wrote about that several years ago. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2011&#x2F;10&#x2F;16&#x2F;technology&#x2F;default-choices-are-hard-to-resist-online-or-not.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2011&#x2F;10&#x2F;16&#x2F;technology&#x2F;default-choices...</a>