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> ”don't get me started about these dark patterns” Here’s another dark pattern for you in a totally different context. So Google use to have all of it various
by alberth 3y ago
> ”don't get me started about these dark patterns”
Here’s another dark pattern for you in a totally different context.
So Google use to have all of it various services on a separate subdomain (eg maps.google.com).
But they moved to having everything under www.google.com.
You know why, it’s because when you allow Google Maps to geolocate you (which is totally appropriate for a Maps use case) … now ALL of Google services get geolocation data about you from Search, Gmail, etc since they are all hosted in the same www root.
- user3939382 3y agoNice benefit is the elimination of tons of CORS requests.
- pc86 3y agoNo end user has ever been inconvenienced by a CORS request, so not sure that's a "benefit" for anyone other than Google.
- tsunamifury 3y agoSorry I find the ability to not allow geo for google.com for more than a day annoying as hell and a stupid feature where apple is over reaching.
- pc86 3y agoWhat does that have to do with cross-subdomain CORS requests?
- alexvitkov 3y agothat's actually pretty cool in a very fucked up sort of way