[2021] Always auto-joining Voice Chat... normal???

Hey everyone, thanks for all your reports on this. Just wanted to touch on a few things called out:
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[*] It is intended that you automatically join zone chat
[*] It is NOT intended that you automatically join with talk enabled - this is a bug that we will fix in a future incremental patch
[*] It is also not intended that you can hear chat across alliances, which we're also working on fixing
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Hey everyone, we appreciate your continued feedback and reports here. Just to clarify, there are a few different issues we are tracking and working on fixing:

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[*] When automatically joining area chat, everyone’s mics are automatically turning on. While joining area chat isn’t a new feature, it’s certainly more noticeable now due to the fact that all mics are automatically activated. This is not intended and we plan to implement a fix in a future incremental patch.
[*] Your session preferences are also not saving across sessions, which is making the issue above exponentially worse.
[*] There’s an issue where you may be hearing players across different alliances which we’re also working on fixing.
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Thanks for your continued patience here!