I was browsing for a game and came across this site, which immediately prompted me to select an option. If all you did was read the top part, you’d think “Platinum” would be the best choice. But no. It seems they’re deliberately trying to trick people into giving away the most information by making it seem “superior.”
Cookie consent dialogs can fuck off and die in general. Always using dark patterns to try and trick you into choosing the worst option.
Dark patters shouod be illegal to use.
Implementing them, whenever a customer’s site goes live, makes me feel like a tool. The worst part is the feedback, when the customer wants the big red “only accept essential cookies” button to look like a text link almost the same color as the background.
“not possible, it will break functionality. However if you want I can rewrite the entire site but it’s going to cost more and take a while”
Then you spend the next month doing nothing while profiting off their data greed.