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It's a lovely dark pattern lately. I'm also fairly annoyed by another pattern which involves giving the user a "carry on" vs "configure" decision, which when o
by danielbarla 7y ago
It's a lovely dark pattern lately. I'm also fairly annoyed by another pattern which involves giving the user a "carry on" vs "configure" decision, which when opened shows that only essential cookies are enabled. While this is probably closer to the correct implementation, I'm fairly sure that it's meant to subtly steer people away from the configure option [1], via "see, there's nothing to configure, you should have just picked the other option". You can be sure though, that the other option had everything and the kitchen sink enabled.
[1] EDIT: In the long-term, that is, not that individual site's interaction.
- zelphirkalt 7y agoEven better, when those "essential" cookies are actually not essential at all and are just tracking cookies. Personally I hope such people get sued until they manage to adhere to the law in a sensible way, so that it really hurts their business, which is built on unethical treatment of their visitors/users. Wishful thinking probably.
- csunbird 7y agoAlso some other websites employ a similar dark pattern: When you click "Show options", they show a page where every cookie is disabled and they put down a huge "Accept all and continue" button with a small "Save my settings" button. You almost click it instantly because you think the huge button will save your settings, but actually you will be giving consent for all cookies.