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===Consumer Entrapment=== | ===Consumer Entrapment=== | ||
By making the process as easy as possible | By making the process as easy as possible whether it be creating an account or subscribing to a service users should have a say on if their account should be deleted or a subscription canceled, by not providing these options to consumers they are effectively trapped for what they signed up for | ||
===Loss of ownership=== | ===Loss of ownership=== | ||
Specific devices like cameras, watches, light bulbs etc... may require app activation to use something that should "just work" out of the box. But instead force you to download something you did not consent to when purchasing it | Specific devices like cameras, watches, light bulbs etc... may require app [[activation]] to use something that should "just work" out of the box. But instead [[Forced app download|force you to download]] something you did not consent to when purchasing it | ||
===Privacy=== | ===Privacy=== | ||
With relating to accounts since you are not able to remove or delete them those companies may be actively selling that information that you have provided to them to other companies or brokers without your knowledge even if you decided you no longer wish to use the product the info will persist without your consent | With relating to accounts, since you are not able to remove or delete them, those companies may be actively selling that information that you have provided to them to other companies or [[Data brokers|brokers]], without your knowledge, even if you decided you no longer wish to use the product the info will persist without your consent | ||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||