Fair point, although I suspect the counterargument centers around the reduction in participation in an opt-in system.

I wonder if something like a global "privacy" toggle could work -- a way to indicate what your own personal preferences for default behavior are. Apps would default sensitive features to the global toggle, while allowing specific overrides in either direction.

> Fair point, although I suspect the counterargument centers around the reduction in participation in an opt-in system.

That's not a counter-argument, that's whining that you can't have everything you want without deceptive practices.

Then every time you:

    1. Install something
    2. Uninstall something
    3. Open Chrome
    4. Open Any other Google App
    5. Turn GPS on
    6. Turn GPS off

expect a nag requesting permission to track you. See, now, to get the nags to go away, you gave up your rights. But you know, you "gave permission"...

Isn't it already opt-in? iirc you're always presented a screen asking you if you want to enable location history.

I think (s)he's right in pointing out that while location services as a whole has an initial prompt (I believe the default value is on, but you do have an opportunity to change it), the individual features in e.g. maps are default opt-in after install (and you have to navigate settings to turn them off).