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To me the box itself is the dark pattern. That what GDPR actually changed about the world was making modals showing up in front of content completely ubiquitous
by gameswithgo 6y ago
To me the box itself is the dark pattern. That what GDPR actually changed about the world was making modals showing up in front of content completely ubiquitous is hysterical in a very dark comedy sort of way. The WWW part of the internet is nearing uselessness to me lately. :(
- di4na 6y agoTechnically if they do that, they are illegal.
- gameswithgo 6y agoOk so they are just eating screen real estate instead of literally being on top of the content? This doesn't improve things any in my mind.
- di4na 6y agoNope that is illegal too. Basically anything that makes you want to just rage close it is illegal. The trick noone seems to understand is that this is not about getting your consent. It is about making things that cannot get your consent in "good" ways illegal. Anything that needs to be big and visible means that they are doing things that are too much for informed consent to be given.