Cookie consent dialogs can fuck off and die in general. Always using dark patterns to try and trick you into choosing the worst option.
this post was submitted on 06 Dec 2025
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The most invasive cookie/tracker option is listed as “Platinum” while the most privacy-respecting option is merely “Silver”
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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.”
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.
Dark patters shouod be illegal to use.
Ah yes. More regulation for stuff barely understandable to boomer politicians.
I think we should eliminate profit incentives instead.
Ah yes. We'll just change the system as a whole that the wealthy elite and their politicians work to keep in place and definitely not implement any stop-gap solutions in the meantime.
Fair enough. We could try both and see which one sticks.
I agree that ideally we wouldn't even need a law and have to trust it to be interpreted and upheld by the idiots. But, we should implement one for our current situation while we work towqrd what you said, you know?
Gold, silver, and platinum cookie options? What next, gems and privacybux?
Super size me baby
Brave browser gave you crypto if you let them inject their ads, didn't it?
Web developers (or rather those that pay them) will do literally anything but stop spying; fucking trolls. It’s disgusting how greedy people are.
(Disclaimer: I’m a professional web developer myself but thankfully not in the realm of unethical spyware shit like this.)
"To authorize protection of your private information, please enter your name, email, credit card number and home address."
It is superior, for them.
Man, they really are trying everything to get you to click the magic button.
It's just symbolising how much money they make off you with each option. Makes sense to me.
thanks for telling me.
Basically it means "you give us platinum access to our data" or "you can give us only silver access so we can access some stuff"