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"The report coincides with discussions among lawmakers about regulating technology companies, including through a bill proposed in April by Senators Deb Fischer
by 3xblah 7y ago
"The report coincides with discussions among lawmakers about regulating technology companies, including through a bill proposed in April by Senators Deb Fischer, Republican of Nebraska, and Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, that is meant to limit the use of dark patterns by making some of the techniques illegal and giving the Federal Trade Commission more authority to police the practice.
"We are focused in on a problem that I think everyone recognizes," said Ms. Fischer, adding that she became interested in the problem after becoming annoyed in her personal experience with the techniques."
If we used programmer vernacular we might say she was "scratching her own itch".
- digitalengineer 7y agoToo bad lawmakers must first experience the problem themselves, before they spring to action. I believe support for healthcare problems and modern-day solutions (such as s embryonic stem cell research) would benefit from showing more passion towards others.
- Juliate 7y agoWell, it happens everywhere this way: * developers need to feel production/operations pain to improve on the software they deliver; * sysops need to feel the constraints and pressures of developers to improve the tools and foundations they provide to developers; * car drivers need to be a back-seat passenger/pedestrian/bicyclist from time to time to understand how to adapt their own driving habits; * etc. First hand experience trumps everything.
- dangerface 7y agoThe pointless popups became acceptable again because of the pointless cookie law forcing developers to implement dark ui. By the way did you know browsers use a thing called cookies? Scary i know.
- jjulius 7y ago>By the way did you know browsers use a thing called cookies? Scary i know. Not sure why you're being snarky - how entities utilize cookies can be unsettling/'scary' to some.
- zeveb 7y ago> I believe support for healthcare problems and modern-day solutions (such as s embryonic stem cell research) would benefit from showing more passion towards others. Opposition to embryonic stem-cell research is principally rooted in compassion towards others — specifically, the human embryos which are killed in such research.
- Cthulhu_ 7y agoTrying to ban things as they pop up is a long and arduous process. On the other hand, making more sweeping laws may have a lot of unwanted or unforseen side-effects.
- gregw2 7y agoagile lawmaking, eh?
- 4ntonius8lock 7y agoWe have a ton of laws on the books to regulate companies. The thing is, we are in regulatory capture. The only time they get enforced is when the government wants a share of the profits (with fines that are < profits made) or when fledgling new businesses erode entrenched players (pokerstars and Sheldon Adelson) At this point, I care about enforcement mechanisms... not more paper. We need to see CEOs behind bars if we want things to change.