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The paper suggests that economic incentives need to exist for someone to solve TOS problem, but I wonder if we’re going to see a cottage industry of browser plu
by sircastor 4y ago
The paper suggests that economic incentives need to exist for someone to solve TOS problem, but I wonder if we’re going to see a cottage industry of browser plugins to “fix” the problems described. It’s probably not highly automatable, but I wonder if enough folks could making small efforts could make it work.
- andsoitis 4y agoWouldn’t that be a privacy nightmare?
- supriyo-biswas 4y agoI don't think it's any more of a privacy nightmare than, say, an ad blocker blocking ads or cookie consent popups is? Though I am skeptical of the parents idea. I don't believe there's a way to fix dark patterns such as "email us/chat with a rep to cancel your services" when the signup process simply consisted of entering your email address and payment details.
- lozenge 4y agoCalifornia outlawed overly difficult cancellation processes. This can also be done by payment middlemen such as PayPal and Apple App Store.