U.S. senators introduce social media bill to ban 'dark patterns' tricks

Re:U.S. senators introduce social media bill to ban 'dark pa... by ken on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @09:44PM (#19620976)

I think the standard shouldn't be size, but type of software. Facebook is a platform. People expect (reasonably or not) some element of stability in a platform. I don't want even a small platform doing tests on me and my data.

But if it's a game, or a blog? Knock yourself out, no matter how big it is.

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Re:U.S. senators introduce social media bill to ban 'dark pa... by ixtli on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @10:06PM (#19621119)

I agree with you but personally I dont see how its so onerous for blizzard or rockstar to tell me in plain language what it intends to do with its behavior tracking (or really that its tracking my behavior at all.) For me this is about consent, and I'm willing to consent to things that I'm made aware of. I mean, I'm a software developer too, I know there are legitimate use-cases here.

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