20 replies

1. Zach Leatherman 1 min later

   this subtoot brought to you by the developer currently attempting to convince the world that a pre-selected “Yes” value in a command line prompt is not a default choice.

   1. Joseph Kohlmann 3 min later

      @zachleat 🥴🫠😭😤

   2. Noah Liebman 39 min later

      @zachleat ugh, people could really benefit from a little empathy. Barring that, a little reading in behavioral economics.

2. Stuart Langridge 3 min later

   @zachleat deliberately and creatively “misunderstanding” consent, right?

   1. Zach Leatherman 4 min later

      @sil for my own sanity I must assume incompetence over malice

      1. Stuart Langridge 11 min later

         @zachleat I’d like to believe that. (This is why https://web.dev/learn/privacy/ bangs on repeatedly about being transparent, because it’s a competitive advantage which your dishonest competitors cannot match.) But an actual misunderstanding of consent (on tech issues, _not_ on personal ones) is relatively easily mended; the repeated failure to do this obvious mending even after being told does suggest that it was malicious from the outset in many cases.

         1. Zach Leatherman 12 min later

            @sil (well said)

3. catraxx 4 min later

   @zachleat Hm, i wonder if there is any purpose to the misunderstanding... 🤔

   1. Zach Leatherman 5 min later

      @catraxx https://fediverse.zachleat.com/@zachleat/110063284648479522

      1. catraxx 8 hr later

         @zachleat As much as i actually value your sanity, because you are a nice person, having worked for quite a few big companies before, i can tell you from experience that they HATE consent. To quote one of the heads of marketing: "This shouldn't even be their fucking choice to begin with."

         Yes. He was angry that the european union made him reveal just how much he was spying on people. And then he asked me to do every trick in the book to get out of it. I quit.

         1. Zach Leatherman 17 hr later

            @catraxx well, dang—sorry you had to go through that—what a terrible situation.

            1. catraxx 17 hr later

               @zachleat It's ok. But it's also very common.

4. Ethan Marcotte 24 min later

   @zachleat i regret i have one single star to give this post

   1. Zach Leatherman 37 min later

      @beep *looks around*

      can we call them favorites again?

      1. ~/src; 39 min later

         @zachleat @beep are you going to reincarnate Favrd?

      2. Brian LeRoux 💚 42 min later

         @zachleat @beep favstars!

      3. Keith J Grant 49 min later

         @zachleat That's what they're called! But this time, they're British.

      4. Andy Luhrs 55 min later

         @zachleat @beep I like stars though! It’s like giving a child a star sticker.

         The bar for calling something my favorite is high. The bar for giving the author a gold star is low.

      5. Ethan Marcotte 1 hr later

         @zachleat [long, slow drag on a cigarette] i never stoppe[begins coughing]

      6. ૮༼⚆︿⚆༽つ / Wildan 1 hr later

         @zachleat @beep I prefer :high_five: 🫸🫷