I said no and Apple said yes

The author discovered that Apple's macOS 15.3 was sending personal data home every 15 minutes through an Apple Intelligence feature and initially disabled it, but after upgrading to macOS 27, Apple removed the toggle to opt out while the feature remained enabled and consuming 22GB of storage. The piece criticizes the AI industry broadly for disregarding user consent, noting that Apple and other companies continue pushing AI features despite explicit user refusals and removing the ability to decline them.