Re:Dark patterns after the GDPR: consent pop-ups and their i...
by permo-w on Saturday March 06, 2021 @08:45AM
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Why is it downvoted? Because it’s implying that selling your information to advertising companies is a good thing, because it increases competition, and regulations making that harder are bad
The problem is that you could frame almost anything like that
Take an extreme example:
Let’s imagine gold traders were allowed to go around taking people’s jewellery at gunpoint. Gold would be cheaper to buy. Traders make more profit. More jobs! Surely this is a win all round?
Of course not, for obvious reasons.
Competition is not a an excuse for damaging your rights
And your example of clicking through 20 scary messages is because the websites, as is pointed out in the article, are not complying with GDPR
The problem is that you could frame almost anything like that
Take an extreme example: Let’s imagine gold traders were allowed to go around taking people’s jewellery at gunpoint. Gold would be cheaper to buy. Traders make more profit. More jobs! Surely this is a win all round? Of course not, for obvious reasons.
Competition is not a an excuse for damaging your rights
And your example of clicking through 20 scary messages is because the websites, as is pointed out in the article, are not complying with GDPR