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> “If you just clicked the big blue button that said “Got it” to make the pop-up go away, you opted yourself in.” The screenshots in the article clearly illust
by cebert 3y ago
> “If you just clicked the big blue button that said “Got it” to make the pop-up go away, you opted yourself in.”
The screenshots in the article clearly illustrate a concerning trend: users are often subtly coerced into opting into certain features or settings without full awareness. This usually happens when they hurriedly click a prominent button like 'Got it' just to dismiss an annoying pop-up. It highlights a significant problem in UX where clarity and consent are traded for corporate gain. We need for more robust laws governing terms of service agreements, transparent pricing during sign-up processes, and the design of preference dialogs to ensure they are user-friendly and transparent. This is extremely user hostile.
- Moru 3y agoIt's also not legal in GDPR lands. It has to be easy to understand, the default have to be to opt out, and you are not allowed to block usage for people that opted out. Oh, and the message has to be short. I have seen "a sentence or two" mentioned as suggestion.
- cebert 3y agoI think we almost always need to assume that dialogs like this are user hostile. The action your brian immediately wants to take is likely not the right action to take.
- madeofpalk 3y agoWithin Europe you get a different dialog box that has more explicit buttons, removing any sort of plausible deniability for Google here. Looks like this https://blog.incogni.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/enhanced-ad-privacy-popup.png https://blog.incogni.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/enhanced...
- resoluteteeth 3y agoFascinating. This really proves that Google knows that the version it's using elsewhere is a dark pattern.
- Moru 3y agoOfcourse they do, they all do. And they´re not even very secretive about it. Not the first time and not the last time they treat US customers differently because of this.
- kevincox 3y agoYeah, this is gross. "Got it" sounds like they were just telling me something, not me agreeing to let them share my personal information. That dialog was clearly designed to make users click "Yes" while giving some sort of ass-cover that they got consent even though they clearly didn't.
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- tomfutur 3y agoAt this point I'm so used to evil defaults, reverse psychology could work. Make the "deny all" button bright blue and the "gimme ads and viruses" button pale gray, and you might just catch me.
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- bongodongobob 3y agoPeople would still opt in anyway. You have to realize that the only people who care about this are the subset of the population who know who Stallman is. Avg Joe couldn't care less. I think that's the real problem.