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There are few things that irritate me more than the gradual replacing of "Yes / No" with "Yes / Maybe later". It's so disrespectful, infantilizing, and paterna
by crazygringo 1y ago
There are few things that irritate me more than the gradual replacing of "Yes / No" with "Yes / Maybe later".
It's so disrespectful, infantilizing, and paternalistic.
But you see it everywhere now -- Microsoft, Apple, mainstream respected news and media sites constantly asking if you want to use their app instead of their site, or upgrade your plan.
And I don't understand why. It's hard to believe it increases conversion. But it does make people like me angry at the brand.
- Telaneo 1y ago> It's hard to believe it increases conversion. It isn't for me. I see people being converted just to stop the nagging, or just doing it on auto-pilot. It worries me, but it makes it pretty obvious why the corps aren't asking for proper consent. They don't care, they don't need to, and it's clearly working.
- crazygringo 1y agoWhat I'm saying is, if they're going to nag you anyways, "yes/maybe later" doesn't obviously seem more likely to get people to click yes than "yes/no". In response to e.g. "Do you want to enable x right now?" I believe nagging increases conversion. I'm just taking about the obnoxious "maybe later" wording.