Comment by Max Schrems

The opt-out approach does not work in practice. Companies don't have the contract details of users and users don't know who is training based on their data. There is absolutely no public support for Meta or Google to include Europeans' personal data into their algorithms. Now all your data is shoved into the algorithms of Meta, Google or Amazon. This makes it easier for AI systems to know even the most intimate details - and consequently manipulate people. This primarily benefits the trillion-dollar US industry that builds based models from our personal details. Unverified source (2026)