It only became off by default after those "daily rage sessions" created sufficient public pressure to turn them off.
Microsoft also happens to own LinkedIn which conveniently "forgets" all of my privacy settings every time I decide to review them (about once a year) and discover that they had been toggled back to the privacy-invasive value without my knowledge. This has happened several times over the years.
Daily rage is exactly what technology affine people need to direct at Microslop, while helping their loved ones and ideally businesses transition away from the vendor lockin onto free software.
> that just so happens to take a screenshot of your screen every few seconds
Recall is off by default. You have to go turn it on if you want it.