Since the discussion about the change proposal triggered so many replies (some of those implying malevolence in moving the discussion from ML to Discourse and split in separate threads), let’s get down to the core question and make use of the advanced feature of Discourse to have users clearly state...
Corpos love opt-out because it lets them take advantage of people who don't consent but maybe weren't paying attention to or understanding the option right at the moment, esp if deceptive design is used.
Edit: and judging by the stupid formatting of that poll, I don't think I trust them not to use deceptive design to confuse people lmao.