Comment by [deleted] on 10/09/2021 at 22:11 UTC

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Comment by improbablywronghere at 11/09/2021 at 01:36 UTC

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Well I dunno if it’s “common” but it’s more “we’d prefer if users did x but will allow y. Most users won’t try to change it so we’ll get more on x by defaulting”. In this way whatever the default setting is for anything is always what they are hoping you choose.