Michael Porter

Folks - when you're given the pop up to manage cookies, does *anyone* say, “hmm, I'm going to allow ‘Content Performance’ and ‘Analytics’ but I think I'll turn off these other three” as opposed to rejecting all of it?

Grumbling at websites that don't have a “reject all” button, when they know that people who didn't click on "accept” aren't looking to fine-tune the experience 😡

#BadUX

Mar 19 at 10:31pmWeb
Show thread🔥Cassandra🔥4d ago
@MichaelPorter I've had ones that made me click on each inane category to pull down the option to click no. Infuriating.
Show threadMichael Porter4d ago
@Cassandra Yeah, those are the worst. I wonder if the people offering the web site are okay with the anger this kind of thing generates in their readers. Or are they cluelessly hoping that folks will just happily give them permission to collect all the data they're selling?
Show threaddexternemrod3d ago

@MichaelPorter

@Cassandra

The Firefox add-on "consetn-o-matic" deselcts all the categories for you and the banners it can handle become more and more.
Bonus: You can see the detailed statistics for saved clicks.

Show threadProto Himbo European3d ago
@MichaelPorter predatory UX
Show threadHuman 35003d ago
@MichaelPorter
You can use a browser that automatically rejects all. You don't even see the pop up.
Show threadMichael Porter3d ago
@human3500 Blocking the pop ups isn't the same as rejecting the cookies, though. But yes, my browser silently rejects requests for cookies and tracking, at least the easy stuff. I'm not sure about things like time spent lingering on a particular page, or where my mouse is.
Show threadHuman 35003d ago

@MichaelPorter
They do both because they know about the problem in your original post and their default position is privacy first.

Once you've used it for a bit you forget how annoying those popups are if you have to use Chrome for something.