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This is not a "small change" as you've put it, but a huge privacy invasion on your part. This should be *at least* opt-out.
Sorry, I find it hard to believe that Reddit isn't going to monetize this kind of data sooner or later[1]. You might be personally opposed to selling user data, but one change in management is enough to topple the current privacy policy. And since the data is already stored: well, tough luck. Gotta make money somehow, right?
Apart from that: How about the very real threat of data theft? How about Court Orders or National Security Letters? Would you be willing to sell out, let's say, members of the LBGT community just because it's illegal in their country?
And why do you announce this significant change in a relatively obscure subreddit and not on the blog?
There's nothing here!