That would be an interesting discussion, but that's not on offer. What is instead on offer is dozens of choices every day of the week. Is any person really expected to read and understand a dozen or more privacy policies every day?
> Is any person really expected to read and understand a dozen or more privacy policies every day?
People are expected to make reasonable choices in their day-to-day life or suffer the consequences, yes. If you don't want to read the privacy policy, click "Reject" and you don't have to. Tired of clicking reject every day? Send an email to the company and tell them to get rid of it. They can, they just don't want to, and prefer to annoy users instead, because that makes them more money.
We give people the option to take a loan. If they take a loan without reading the terms and conditions, and sign up for very unfavorable terms even if it was very clear, then usually you have to stand for that choice.
Why would allowing/rejecting data collection work any differently?
That would be an interesting discussion, but that's not on offer. What is instead on offer is dozens of choices every day of the week. Is any person really expected to read and understand a dozen or more privacy policies every day?