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No, that is not "common knowledge". You are supposed to be able to disable that unwanted feature.

I have no inside information, but I always assume the tickboxes that "disable ____ data" from Google/Facebook/OpenAI just disconnects it from your own account, not hides it from the provider.

The checkbox has an actual statement associated with it about what it does. You don’t need to assume anything.

There's no independent verification of what that checkbox actually does. The company can say anything, and you are unable to verify that they actually do it.

The only verification you could do so far is GDPR-style data export, and also the adherence to GDPR regulations (and even those might get skirted if they aren't operating in europe).

Aren’t they usually phrased very specifically as “we collect this data and use it to show you relevant ads, you can opt out of us showing you relevant ads”?

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