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Re:Google is getting left behind due to horrible UI/UX by ihateg00gle on Monday December 14, 2020 @02:46PM (#25422252)
Google, stop showing me those annoying privacy boxes each time I open search or youtube in private mode. And don't tell me, you did that because of regulations, because you can easily provide a plugin (or browser option) to disable them all.

On YouTube I have to close two dialogs, before I can start watching videos. Very annoying.

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Re:Google is getting left behind due to horrible UI/UX by CamperBob2 on Monday December 14, 2020 @03:51PM (#25423109)
There's only so much they can do without being called out for retaining state in "private mode." It's true that GDPR allows them to store a cookie to indicate that the user declined cookies, but private mode is something else.

What kills me is that when I hit the button to go fullscreen in YouTube, the first thing that happens after the transition to fullscreen is a carousel-like overlay of other "related" videos. Uh, OK, Google, why do you think I hit the fullscreen button, anyway? Because I want to watch this one.

The monkeys are running the zoo over there.

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