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On an aside, that automatic EU-page redirect has got to be one of the worst patterns I've seen so far as a reaction to gdpr ...
by krsdcbl 7y ago
On an aside, that automatic EU-page redirect has got to be one of the worst patterns I've seen so far as a reaction to gdpr ...
- jwr 7y agoI am honestly amazed at all the inane crap that the media throws at us. I guess a generic redirect to a generic "EU-page" is still better than putting up 5 popups in my face asking me to subscribe and set "cookie preferences" (which takes me to another 3 levels of windows with sleazy anti-patterns, and clicking "Save" displays a spinner for 3 minutes).
- usrusr 7y agoThat "three minute save spinner" is the most puzzling of all. There is absolutely no upside for the site owner in making the user wait pointlessly and it seems to be exclusive to US sites. European sites tend to be content just having that little unobtrusive "yeah right, it's fine" footer/header, perhaps with some color button trickery for steering users to the non-minimal option. Which isn't exactly nice but surely not a hill to die on. My guess is that those "three minute spinner" implementations are expensive third party compliance plugins that deliberately make the problem they solve look much harder than it actually is.
- jwr 7y agoI suspect the spinner and the wait, like the wild labirynth of confusing "options" you have to wade through, are all a part of a strategy to discourage people from clicking anything else than "yes, I agree to everything, use me in any way you desire, just show me the article". I think people who design and implement these sleazy dialogs should be ashamed of themselves.