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People who wrote these laws should be fined for the loss of productivity they have caused for the miniature puzzle game you have to play before each website vis
by whywhywhywhy 4y ago
People who wrote these laws should be fined for the loss of productivity they have caused for the miniature puzzle game you have to play before each website visit.
Of course I agree 1000s of tracking cookies just to read a news article is absurd but if you're going to be in charge of writing these laws you need to write them in a way where the work arounds wont end up being dark patterns, the way its ended up the vulnerable still just click agree rather than waste their time and the savvy have to screw around with the different interface on every site to select the right double negative option to make sure they don't get tracked.
Should have just made them illegal full stop, not legal with consent.
- mmarq 4y agoGDPR, that still applies to the UK, doesn’t allow dark patterns, people who use them are just waiting for the regulator to call them. Been there, done that.
- Nextgrid 4y agoThe real reason behind the "annoyance" of the GDPR is its lack of enforcement. The regulation actually outlaws dark patterns in consent forms and should make it as easy to opt out as it is to opt in, but because there hasn't been any enforcement (especially in the UK - the ICO is near-useless from my experience), obnoxious and non-compliant consent flows have been allowed to proliferate.
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