In the future it’s worth noting that it’s a terrible idea to take something away from someone when you promised them something else. This is privacy in this case. On others it’s offering something for free and then charging for it.
Even if you wanted to make this an opt out feature the only sensible way to go about it is grandfathering in the old accounts into an opt in feature. Just like many companies grandfather in free customers while they charge new ones.
Quite true. T-Mobile is now forever to me the weasels that silently broke free Google Visual Voicemail in order to force me into their own, judging by the reviews quite crappy, paid app.
Even if you wanted to make this an opt out feature the only sensible way to go about it is grandfathering in the old accounts into an opt in feature. Just like many companies grandfather in free customers while they charge new ones.
This is the foundation of trust.