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I just attempted to look at the reviews. There's an uncloseable pop-up telling you to log in. Normally I wouldn't bother, but curiousity got the best of me -

by yarg 4y ago

I just attempted to look at the reviews. There's an uncloseable pop-up telling you to log in. Normally I wouldn't bother, but curiousity got the best of me - I logged in with my Google OAuth. Not so fast - you haven't contributed to Glassdoor in the last 12 months, here's another annoying pop up and you cannot dismiss it until you do. Does anyone actually bother to use this dark pattern infused service?

bogwog 4y ago
There needs to be a non-profit version of this without all the desperate bullshit.
- b3morales 4y ago
  What chance would said non-profit have of surviving a lawsuit like this?
- quickthrower2 4y ago
  Where “this” also refers to Facebook, Twitter, Medium, Quora, Uber, Reddit etc.....
- cortesoft 4y ago
  Where would you get the funding for that?
kadoban 4y ago
Somewhat unfortunately, yes. Those patterns are annoying and dark, but they still have some good data. Which is probably the only reason they get away with it.
Frotag 4y ago
First time viewers can see a page freely. So all you have to do is clear your cookies after every page load and you wont be bothered. lol. But yeah, posting a review also gets rid of the banner permanently.
- Godel_unicode 4y ago
  They’re super useful for demonstrating that closing just the incognito tab doesn’t clear your cookies, but closing the whole incognito window does.
av_conk 4y ago
You can use a firefox extension to bypass that popup as well as other paywalls.
timcederman 4y ago
Apparently this is the review they sued over - https://old.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/sv8yyv/kiwi_toy_giant_zuru_wants_to_identify_and_sue/hxeo4vc/?context=3 https://old.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/sv8yyv/kiwi_toy...
- Hallucinaut 4y ago
  Can't believe they'd try to sue over that. For one, it's pretty much only critical of the Mowbrays themselves and I can't see anything in there that wouldn't be an honest opinion so safeguarded by NZ law. So it comes across to me like the Mowbrays personally trying to stomp someone into the ground with legal fees knowing they have no case. Hopefully the legal system can protect them from that exploitative use. Seems on song with that basis of the comment, doesn't it?

by yarg 4y ago

bogwog 4y ago

There needs to be a non-profit version of this without all the desperate bullshit.

b3morales 4y ago
What chance would said non-profit have of surviving a lawsuit like this?
quickthrower2 4y ago
Where “this” also refers to Facebook, Twitter, Medium, Quora, Uber, Reddit etc.....
cortesoft 4y ago
Where would you get the funding for that?

kadoban 4y ago

Somewhat unfortunately, yes. Those patterns are annoying and dark, but they still have some good data. Which is probably the only reason they get away with it.

Frotag 4y ago

First time viewers can see a page freely. So all you have to do is clear your cookies after every page load and you wont be bothered. lol. But yeah, posting a review also gets rid of the banner permanently.

Godel_unicode 4y ago
They’re super useful for demonstrating that closing just the incognito tab doesn’t clear your cookies, but closing the whole incognito window does.

av_conk 4y ago

You can use a firefox extension to bypass that popup as well as other paywalls.

timcederman 4y ago

Apparently this is the review they sued over - https://old.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/sv8yyv/kiwi_toy_giant_zuru_wants_to_identify_and_sue/hxeo4vc/?context=3 https://old.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/sv8yyv/kiwi_toy...

Hallucinaut 4y ago
Can't believe they'd try to sue over that. For one, it's pretty much only critical of the Mowbrays themselves and I can't see anything in there that wouldn't be an honest opinion so safeguarded by NZ law. So it comes across to me like the Mowbrays personally trying to stomp someone into the ground with legal fees knowing they have no case. Hopefully the legal system can protect them from that exploitative use. Seems on song with that basis of the comment, doesn't it?