1) It would definitely be slower than not having that dialogue at all (the less UI elements - the simpler).
Do you remember that typical user visits Google web site NOT to setup his privacy settings, but with a totally different goal (such as do web search)?
2) "Accept vs Deny" is easy to read, but how would most users know what choice is better for them?
In order to form a reasonable opinion on that cookie choice -- I personally spent multiple hours (if not days) of reading and thinking.
EXACTLY! Why should the user then have to give up their privacy? All they wanted to do was a simple search, not be tracked and profiled. So it's the unneeded collecting of personal data that's the problem here, not the ux.
I mean have you seen the current dialog you get when you get on a google domain with a "fresh" session? It's a wall of text with a scrollbar redirecting you to multiple other pages if you want to see what exactly Google collects. It's also pretty unclear what each link leads to and how to opt out of everything. Clearly they didn't really optimize for simplicity here, they're the only ones to blame for that.
I'm perfectly aware that people don't go to google.com specifically to setup privacy settings, and that's precisely what Google is counting on. By using an unnecessarily complex interface they hope that people will give up immediately and accept whatever Google is pushing.
>In order to form a reasonable opinion on that cookie choice -- I personally spent multiple hours (if not days) of reading and thinking.
Well that's your choice, my modus operandi is simpler: I systematically refuse everything I can refuse. That's quick and easy. I have yet to witness any degradation of my browsing experience.
I'd be curious to hear what kinds of dilemmas you've had while reading the terms and conditions that lead you to days of thinking.
I just checked - there is no such dialogue on google.com for me. I am in the US. GDPR does not apply here.
My conclusion is that the complex dialogue on google.com you are suffering -- is the result of GDPR. Without GDPR Google (and most other successful websites) delivers simplicity.
> I systematically refuse everything I can refuse.
You can refuse opening google.com in your browser. Do you refuse to open google.com?
> what kinds of dilemmas you've had
I carefully thought about whether I want unneeded complexity in my life or not.
My choice is "No GDPR and no complexity".
Your choice is GDPR which implies complexity (but you do not understand that "GDPR -> websites complexity" causation, because you did not think about that choice hard enough).
I don't understand what "advanced users" have to do about that, it's about privacy and owning your data, do you think less savvy internet users should just let Google siphon their data? If anything they're the one who most benefit from this change since they're less likely to understand what data they're sharing exactly and implement countermeasures client-side.
>so most users will learn to quickly accept whatever mumbo-jumbo they are presented with -- without reading it at all.
That's because of the dark patterns I talk about above. Given clear "I accept/I refuse" controls it wouldn't be any slower or difficult to quickly dismiss the dialog -- without reading it at all.
But of course Google doesn't want you to do that so they make it as hard as they can to find the "I refuse" control, leaving you with a cumbersome UI where you're tempted to click "I accept" to get it over with.