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Re:Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions by jacquesm on Thursday October 07, 2021 @06:52AM (#28784621)
It's a dark pattern I call 'the consent ratchet'. As soon as you ever get irritated enough and misclick that button is gone for ever and good luck disabling the 'feature' (term used lightly) seven layers of menus down, assuming it can be done at all.
Re:Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions by pseudalopex on Thursday October 07, 2021 @09:55AM (#28786287)
A ratchet is a good analogy. But let's not call it consent.
Re:Mozilla to put ads in Firefox address bar suggestions by jacquesm on Thursday October 07, 2021 @02:58PM (#28790677)
Fair enough.