It’s not automatically on, but after the update it pops up on your screen telling you it is now available and asking if you want to opt in or not.

Apple

It seems to get derided a lot here, but none of your data is harvested and tied to you or sold. It’s aggregated and anonymised if it’s sent off device, and I stopped using Proton drive when you could finally encrypt iCloud storage. I even use their email as default now since it’s not reading my messages and selling my info like outlook started doing.

Tell me how I can get a star ID or a passport without a Social Security card

I can’t even donate plasma without my Social Security card

So I guess fuck people who use static images as screensavers