I think they enable it by default by want to cater to more privacy conscious people by allowing them to opt out, which is nice if what you say is true that they shouldn't.
The problem with Trump is that these kinds of threats make him fly into a rage and escalate further. It could widen the relationship between EU and US because of that.
I'm happy EU is biting back for once, but I hate to think how Trump will respond.
Tow to a scrapper, we don't want bunker oil spilling into our sea and its materials could be reused