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.”
Isn’t that classic dark pattern stuff? Stuff that should have been banned 3000 years ago?
thanks for telling me.
Man, they really are trying everything to get you to click the magic button.
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.)
It’s just symbolising how much money they make off you with each option.
Cookie consent dialogs can fuck off and die in general. Always using dark patterns to try and trick you into choosing the worst option.
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.
“not possible, it will break functionality. However if you want I can rewrite the entire site but it’s going to cost more and take a while”
Then you spend the next month doing nothing while profiting off their data greed.
Gold, silver, and platinum cookie options? What next, gems and privacybux?
Super size me baby
“To authorize protection of your private information, please enter your name, email, credit card number and home address.”
It is superior, for them.
