So, about that account deletion feature ... they even found a way to dark-pattern *that*.

You go to the page for account deletion, only to be told you can press the button to request it, which they say they might refuse to do. But if they decide to "allow" it, they send you a confirmation email.

You follow the link in the email, and they show you a page that looks pretty much exactly like the one you used to request it in the first place. If you don't follow the slightly-changed button link at the bottom, you never completed the "confirmation", and your deletion request goes nowhere.

At some point, privacy legislation starts to look like an inadequate substitute for firebombing datacenters and megacorp office complexes. 🤷