this post was submitted on 20 Apr 2024
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This is a community for designs specifically crafted to make the experience worse for the user. This can be due to greed, apathy, laziness or just downright scumbaggery.

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Clicked on a link to read an article, and was met with this pop-up. I decided to click on the privacy policy link to view what I was agreeing to. It cannot be viewed unless you agree to what you haven't read yet.

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[โ€“] Beryl@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

That's what terms of service, didn't read is for. They summarize and grade the ToS of all kinds of services for you(spoiler : it's all terrible). There's also an extension for your favorite browser.

[โ€“] andyspam@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

Well... I'm sure their point was, that services such as that shouldn't at all be needed to understand what you're agreeing to. But thank you for sharing!