Cookie management dark patterns

The Purina for Professionals website's "cookie management" (to opt out of cookies) is heavily dark-patterned. Not only does the popup at the bottom of the page not have cookie management (it has a link that takes you to a page that has a link to take you to cookie management), but the wording is intentionally counter-intuitive to opt out: Manage Cookies UI The option is called "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information", which suggests that by selecting the option, you want them to not sell or share your information. But in parentheses it adds "slide left to opt out of sale/share", which suggests that disabling the option means for them to not sell or share your information.

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6 Comments

Showroom7561@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 349d (1 reply)

That's some sleazy bullshit right there!

higgsboson@piefed.social · 3 pts · 349d

I was going to write that it is more like "American-style capitalism" bullshit, but ... potato potAto.

Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 349d

Stay classy, Nestle.

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 3 pts · 349d (1 reply)

So what does "Reject All" do then?

elvith@feddit.org · 5 pts · 349d

It means, that when pressed, I reject all my concerns what will happen to my data...

CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 349d

I feel like it’d be worse the other way around right? Because in every other cookie management page, it’s always the “off” setting to disable a feature.

So it would be weirder to slide everything to the left except this option.

Kissaki@feddit.org · 1 pts · 349d
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