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.
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.
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.
As the spouse of an inpatient person who doesn’t like tech, you’re completely correct.
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…
Or they call tech support and say their computer doesn’t work anymore
Users not reading shit I can understand but it makes my blood boil when it your own bloody colleagues.