The latest trend in dark UI GDPR patterns is presenting an endless list of things that will track you.
It starts with "allow necessary cookies" enabled, and the rest disabled, and presents 3 buttons, a 2 small gray ones and a big green one, and unless you're REALLY careful, you'll end up accepting all cookies.
The text is something along the lines of "Cancel", "Save Changes", and finally the big green one is "Accept all cookies".
The trick here is that the small gray "save changes" button is actually the one you want, as the "accept all" effectively enables ALL cookies.
The problem is that companies which do that kind of dark patterns are very likely to ignore your settings anyway in the future. Like, for example, Amazon.
What then comes to my mind is the thought: "Well, would I try to do an ongoing delicate business with a well-known notorious asshole and trickster?". Obvious answer is "no".
Anything that refuses to let me view content without setting cookies is ignored here. Sorry, no matter how good your content is, it’s not that good.
Shady sites that use dark patterns are about to go the same route.
And I have privacy badger, uBlock origins, as well as Pi-hole/PFBlockerNG (not at the same location). Our phones have ad blockers as well, though I doubt they’re as effective.
It starts with "allow necessary cookies" enabled, and the rest disabled, and presents 3 buttons, a 2 small gray ones and a big green one, and unless you're REALLY careful, you'll end up accepting all cookies.
The text is something along the lines of "Cancel", "Save Changes", and finally the big green one is "Accept all cookies".
The trick here is that the small gray "save changes" button is actually the one you want, as the "accept all" effectively enables ALL cookies.