Ask HN: Shop Pay checkout page auto-subscription legality?

1 points by voakbasda ↗ HN
On a couple of different sites, simply visiting the Shop checkout page (to see potential shipping costs) was sufficient to subscribe my associated email address to a mailing list. I did not go further than viewing the checkout page, and I did not explicitly consent to sharing my information with the store. How is the dark pattern legal?

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its probably in the terms of service