Today, Anthropic is big enough to say no. However, most people don’t really have “choice” unless they’re big enough to matter. Terms of service is basically a binary button: accept or leave. And if you need the service, “leave” isn’t realistic. If every major LLM collects your data by default, how many people can truly opt out? (Yes, privacy-preserving models exist. But if those modes are much weaker, they aren’t real alternatives. Many of those companies also die because they lack access to data as a flywheel. You have to survive long enough and be at the table to even talk about your values.) When intelligence and distribution concentrate in a few hands, companies don’t just build products. They set the rules. Everyone else adapts. This reminds me of that tweet a while ago: Gemini basically required activity collection to use it, or your AI would forget every conversation 👇