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747 points porridgeraisin | 2 comments | 29 Aug 25 11:29 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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troad ◴[29 Aug 25 11:56 UTC] No.45062852[source]▶
You can opt out, but the fact that it's opt-in by default and made to look like a simple T/C update prompt leaves a sour taste in my mouth. The five year retention period seems... excessive. I wonder if they've buried anything else objectionable in the new terms.

It was the kick in the pants I needed to cancel my subscription.

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merelysounds ◴[29 Aug 25 12:19 UTC] No.45063116[source]▶
> opt-in by default

Nitpicking: “opt in by default” doesn’t exist, it’s either “opt in”, or “opt out”; this is “opt out”. By definition an “opt out” setting is selected by default.

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benterix ◴[29 Aug 25 12:42 UTC] No.45063357[source]▶
This is not nitpicking, this is a sane reaction to someone modifying the meaning of words on the fly.
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troad ◴[29 Aug 25 14:40 UTC] No.45064763[source]▶
The original meaning of sane is "physically healthy". Its usual modern meaning is "mentally healthy". You're using it to mean "reasonable".

At which exact point is language prohibited from evolving, and why it super coincidentally the exact years you learnt it?

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danans ◴[29 Aug 25 14:49 UTC] No.45064883[source]▶
> At which exact point is language prohibited from evolving

Never?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_change

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troad ◴[29 Aug 25 14:52 UTC] No.45064926[source]▶
Yes, that was my point.
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card_zero ◴[29 Aug 25 17:15 UTC] No.45066797{3}[source]▶
And here it is, evolving before your eyes: we're killing off the maladaptive mutant which was "opt-in by default". That's the evolution that is happening here.
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troad ◴[29 Aug 25 23:41 UTC] No.45070611{4}[source]▶
That would not be evolution, that would be an attempt at creationism. There is no evolution police, and never will be.
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danparsonson ◴[30 Aug 25 00:17 UTC] No.45070824{5}[source]▶
Selection pressure is the evolution police.
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1. card_zero ◴[30 Aug 25 02:03 UTC] No.45071301{6}[source]▶
It would be fair to compare it to selective breeding, rather than natural selection. The flip side of rejecting usage is promoting neologisms. We can do both things deliberately, I see no rule saying that language is only allowed to evolve naturally. A reasonable criticism would be that trying to change it on purpose makes for a lot of unnecessary fuss, but we can be moderate about it.
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