diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 8361d24..83dcca1 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: RemotelySavePluginSettings = {
   autoRunEveryMilliseconds: -1,
   initRunAfterMilliseconds: -1,
   syncOnSaveAfterMilliseconds: -1,
-  agreeToUploadExtraMetadata: false,
+  agreeToUploadExtraMetadata: true, // as of 20240106, it's safe to assume every new user agrees with this
   concurrency: 5,
   syncConfigDir: false,
   syncUnderscoreItems: false,