@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:<p>The Web has been voluntarily opt-out since the early to mid- 1990s.</p><p>Before that, there was no opt-ing out.</p><p>The act of putting something onto the (open) Web was (and still is) understood as consent for others to use your data.</p><p>This is the norm of the Web — and has been for decades.</p><p>I think it is unlikely this norm is going to change any time soon.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OptOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OptOut</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RobotsDotTXT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobotsDotTXT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RobotsNotWantedDotTXT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobotsNotWantedDotTXT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorldWideWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWideWeb</span></a></p>