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GDPR Has Ruined the Web

10 points by nasir 5y ago

ev1 5y ago
None of this reads like "GDPR has ruined the web" - it reads like "shitty, abusive, scummy companies have ruined the web in ways that violate GDPR, intended to defraud users out of their data with dark patterns and illegal or close to it designs"
jjgreen 5y ago
That extension already exists ... https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/ https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/
- Normille 5y ago
  Last time I tried 'I Don't Care About Cookies' [probably more than a year ago] it really slowed my browser down. So much so that it became more annoying than the cookie dialogues it was supposed to be hiding from me. Has it got any better in the meantime?
  - jjgreen 5y ago
    I've had it for a year or so on Firefox on multiple machines, never noticed any performance issues.
wideareanetwork 5y ago
“Ruining” is a bit strong, perhaps. Peharps “making the first few seconds of visiting most sites slightly annoying” is a better description.
Nicksil 5y ago
The title of this article makes no sense. In the article the author conveys a positive feeling toward GDPR and negative toward the site owners creating a miserable experience. Greedy, unethical, sloppy site owners are what's ruining the web, as outlined in this article. It's click-bait. Not even good click-bait.
gmiller123456 5y ago
Alternate title: "Companies would rather give users a horrible experience than not collect every last bit of data they can on them".
vannevar 5y ago
A better title might be, "User tracking has ruined the web, through targeted and intrusive advertising and exploitation, and by making GDPR necessary."
ecf 5y ago
Have I been living under a rock and failed to notice Hey pivoted to the newsletter/blogging scene?
retrac 5y ago
That's a bit of a clickbait title. But we do tend to underestimate and understate the negative effect of something "small" like a two second loss of time - even when it is repeated a hundred billion times. From a way-too-literally utilitarian perspective, given that we're talking thousands of life-years here, the loss of potential productive or rewarding time wasted to automatically clicking on these disclaimers is in the same league as murdering hundreds of people. Now, I can't that too seriously. But maybe there is a nugget of wisdom about the seriousness of the harm in seemingly trivial losses, when they are multiplied across entire civilizations? Or maybe I just take UI design way too seriously.
o_m 5y ago
GDPR only ruined it for those who ruined the web for everyone else. The web works fine without tracking. The people who are hellbent on spying on innocent people are ruining the web.
greenearth1 5y ago
Who knew regulatory compliance would have a net negative impact?

10 points by nasir 5y ago

ev1 5y ago

None of this reads like "GDPR has ruined the web" - it reads like "shitty, abusive, scummy companies have ruined the web in ways that violate GDPR, intended to defraud users out of their data with dark patterns and illegal or close to it designs"

jjgreen 5y ago

That extension already exists ... https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/ https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/

Normille 5y ago
Last time I tried 'I Don't Care About Cookies' [probably more than a year ago] it really slowed my browser down. So much so that it became more annoying than the cookie dialogues it was supposed to be hiding from me. Has it got any better in the meantime?
- jjgreen 5y ago
  I've had it for a year or so on Firefox on multiple machines, never noticed any performance issues.

wideareanetwork 5y ago

“Ruining” is a bit strong, perhaps. Peharps “making the first few seconds of visiting most sites slightly annoying” is a better description.

Nicksil 5y ago

The title of this article makes no sense. In the article the author conveys a positive feeling toward GDPR and negative toward the site owners creating a miserable experience. Greedy, unethical, sloppy site owners are what's ruining the web, as outlined in this article. It's click-bait. Not even good click-bait.

gmiller123456 5y ago

Alternate title: "Companies would rather give users a horrible experience than not collect every last bit of data they can on them".

vannevar 5y ago

A better title might be, "User tracking has ruined the web, through targeted and intrusive advertising and exploitation, and by making GDPR necessary."

ecf 5y ago

Have I been living under a rock and failed to notice Hey pivoted to the newsletter/blogging scene?

retrac 5y ago

That's a bit of a clickbait title. But we do tend to underestimate and understate the negative effect of something "small" like a two second loss of time - even when it is repeated a hundred billion times. From a way-too-literally utilitarian perspective, given that we're talking thousands of life-years here, the loss of potential productive or rewarding time wasted to automatically clicking on these disclaimers is in the same league as murdering hundreds of people. Now, I can't that too seriously. But maybe there is a nugget of wisdom about the seriousness of the harm in seemingly trivial losses, when they are multiplied across entire civilizations? Or maybe I just take UI design way too seriously.

o_m 5y ago

GDPR only ruined it for those who ruined the web for everyone else. The web works fine without tracking. The people who are hellbent on spying on innocent people are ruining the web.

greenearth1 5y ago

Who knew regulatory compliance would have a net negative impact?