• @[email protected]
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      901 year ago

      I’ve been a software developer for nearly 25 years now, and I can tell you this.

      No cunt reads anything.

      Something pops up over the top of what they want, they’ll click OK.

      • @[email protected]
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        241 year ago

        With dark patterns you can “guide” the user to click a particular button, for example by having “accept” in a large, bright stand out colored button, and the “reject” button in a low contrast, small or disabled looking button.

        This will not prevent people from clicking reject, but it shifts the percentage of people clicking accept vs reject in the websites favor.

      • @[email protected]
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        241 year ago

        As the spouse of an inpatient person who doesn’t like tech, you’re completely correct.

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        1 year ago

        I am just a guy who knows shit about computers and family knows it.

        The amount of stuff I had to remove after people next next next’d an adware installation agreement during installing other stuff…

      • Terrasque
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        81 year ago

        Or they call tech support and say their computer doesn’t work anymore

      • @[email protected]
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        61 year ago

        Users not reading shit I can understand but it makes my blood boil when it your own bloody colleagues.

    • @[email protected]
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      271 year ago

      Being as I’m forced to use outlook for work… At least it’s just my work persona they are tracking and selling? That guy is wild.