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This button placement (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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I almost clicked it too. There has to be a better way than having to be constantly vigilant against being duped into "consenting" to be spied upon. The internet doesn't have to suck like this.

A screenshot depicting a website's cookie enablement popup, showing the "Functional Cookies" slider disabled. At the bottom of the popup, there are two identically formatted buttons: a "Confirm my choices" button in the bottom-left corner, and an "Allow all" button in the bottom-right corner.
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[–] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

fuck; I'm so used to dark patterns like these that whenever I read "cookie" my instincts flip and look for the less noticeable / most hidden buttons instead. It took me a few seconds to even realize this was a dark pattern.

Other common ones to be on the lookout:

  • Filled out buttons that favor the company, while outlined buttons (or even just links) that favor the user;
  • Toggles phrased as negatives, so "enabling" looks like "disabling" and vice-versa;
  • Wording to disguise user intent: "Confirm choices" or "Save preferences" instead of "Reject cookies", like above;
  • Sneaking in optional checkboxes among mandatory ones at the end of a form;
  • Small and low contrast elements to minimize important information that favors the user;
  • Emotional manipulation: "this offer expires in X minutes"; "only Y left".
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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 month ago*

    I deeply resent how much of my brain is occupied with sidestepping sneaky bullshit like this. It's gotten to the point where I generally don't use a website if I can't use it without going through their dark patterns permissions labyrinth. I only put up with going through this one because I was researching turtles and there's a paper cited on Wikipedia I just cannot find.

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