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But who will enforce these guidelines? Google said a couple years ago that they would penalize sites with dark patterns (like forcing users to sign-in to view
by theturtletalks 5y ago
But who will enforce these guidelines?
Google said a couple years ago that they would penalize sites with dark patterns (like forcing users to sign-in to view public pages). Doesn't look like Google enforced anything since all the major sites are using the same dark patterns now.
- notpachet 5y agoIdeally we'd institute government regulation requiring website operators to offer the user-friendly formats, in the same way that GDPR places certain requirements on sites today.
- soared 5y agoGoogle can’t really enforce things as much due to the anti-monopoly/competitive political threat. They can adjust search rankings but anything major can be used as an argument to break google up.
- theturtletalks 5y agoYes but Google already penalizes websites that are slow to load, not secure, using black hat SEO, etc. Google could easily penalize dark patterns under the same approach, but they don’t. Google themselves said they would implement this years ago[1] and it has yet to happen. 1. https://www.fastcompany.com/3063143/google-calls-out-one-of-the-webs-most-annoying-dark-patterns https://www.fastcompany.com/3063143/google-calls-out-one-of-...