This is specifically related to watching their free content. You can opt out of the sale & sharing of said data, which is used to play you targeted ads when watching their free content. I am not a big fan, but this is the typical “free” TV spiel. Was there something that changed recently or is it just being recognized now?

some magas would have you believe that slaves where happy… just gotta believe them!

except his AI.

I am fairly certain it hasn’t got anything to do with “confirming you’re a human”. and probably with getting more data into their pipeline for AI training…among other things that they do. like sell your shit to a 3rd party

Pretty sure Instagram also requires something similar in some cases. I tried to make an account recently to see an artist’s full postings and it eventually asked me to verify I am a human by submitting a selfie picture. Abso-fucking not. It did “promise” they would delete it within 30 days…