I was browsing for a game and came across this site, which immediately prompted me to select an option. If all you did was read the top part, you’d think “Platinum” would be the best choice. But no. It seems they’re deliberately trying to trick people into giving away the most information by making it seem “superior.”

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[–] 88 points 11 months ago (7 children)

Cookie consent dialogs can fuck off and die in general. Always using dark patterns to try and trick you into choosing the worst option.

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  • [–] 22 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Implementing them, whenever a customer's site goes live, makes me feel like a tool. The worst part is the feedback, when the customer wants the big red "only accept essential cookies" button to look like a text link almost the same color as the background.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Dark patters shouod be illegal to use.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Ah yes. More regulation for stuff barely understandable to boomer politicians.

    I think we should eliminate profit incentives instead.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

    Ah yes. We'll just change the system as a whole that the wealthy elite and their politicians work to keep in place and definitely not implement any stop-gap solutions in the meantime.

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  • [–] 45 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Gold, silver, and platinum cookie options? What next, gems and privacybux?

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  • [–] 31 points 11 months ago

    "To authorize protection of your private information, please enter your name, email, credit card number and home address."

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  • [–] 29 points 11 months ago*

    Web developers (or rather those that pay them) will do literally anything but stop spying; fucking trolls. It’s disgusting how greedy people are.

    (Disclaimer: I’m a professional web developer myself but thankfully not in the realm of unethical spyware shit like this.)

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago

    It is superior, for them.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago*

    Man, they really are trying everything to get you to click the magic button.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    It's just symbolising how much money they make off you with each option. Makes sense to me.

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  • thanks for telling me.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Basically it means "you give us platinum access to our data" or "you can give us only silver access so we can access some stuff"

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