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Comment by feketegy

5 years ago

How GDPR is implemented is a total shitshow. It clearly says that it's an OPT-IN, not opt-out and one has to uncheck everything one by one.

We're creating a fucking dystopia just to click on more ads.

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unishark  5 years ago

I used to see only that, but lately I've been seeing cases where once you choose the "manage cookies" option, all the nonessential cookies are opted out by default.

  • piva00  5 years ago

    I can't trust that, a lot of websites do that but also keep all of the "Legitimate Interest" boxes ticked by default, I need to check every single pop-up to see if that's the case or not.

    I hate these dark patterns and in spite I do lose my time to uncheck everything I can, if I can't untick everything in less than 20 seconds I simply close the website, no matter what.

    • 411111111111111  5 years ago

      You could also enable the annoyances filter lists if you're using ublock origin. They remove the prompt altogether, but you've not given permission to anything.

  • eitland  5 years ago

    I've seen that too, but a dark pattern here is pretending this is the whole truth and then hide a few hundred under a less visible "legitimate interest" tab.

    Personally I use the Lockdown app which seems to block a lot, but suggestions about better alternatives are welcome.

  • tannhaeuser  5 years ago

    That's how it's been handled for nearly 100% of the sites I went to for the last two years (that actually do contain ads, or use tracking for pointless internal analytics, that is). Or a variation thereof similarly letting you switch off most tracking using no more than two clicks.

  • kristaps  5 years ago

    I make it a point to click "reject all" if the initial dialog only allows accepting some implicit default preferences.