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I carefully turn them all off. I'd much rather have a setting that says "I don't want to participate in your bullshit". We tried such a thing as "Do Not Track",
by anyfoo 5y ago
I carefully turn them all off. I'd much rather have a setting that says "I don't want to participate in your bullshit". We tried such a thing as "Do Not Track", but companies weren't playing along. So now we have to have this regulation, and you should be upset at the companies who necessitated that regulation, not at the people who are doing their best to keep it being a choice.
- etripe 5y agoThe GDPR is explicit about that: non-functional stuff should be turned off by default. No, marketing isn't functional. If companies follow the law, the default is set at "I don't want to participate in your bullshit". It's just that a lot of companies are employing dark patterns or getting it wrong on purpose, and it's working because people are now annoyed at GDPR instead of the companies doing this.
- anyfoo 5y agoYes, and it's ultimately sad to me, although not terribly surprising, that people are getting annoyed at the legislation instead of the perpetrators.