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Welcome to Mozilla’s first-ever Annual Consumer Creep-O-Meter (foundation.mozilla.org)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Mozilla’s Annual Consumer Creep-O-Meter distills what’s good, what’s bad, and what’s just plain creepy in the world of consumer tech.

Includes 'big picture trends', 'best and worst products', and 'numbers'

If you haven't used PrivacyNotIncluded before, here is a link to the homepage where you can search up other products and services that you are interested in: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not when the text says "hey, do you want to share your email?" and there's a big button that says "no, just take me to my results"

This stupid shit is the reason we need warning labels on things. They're not there to protect the idiots that drink bleach to get rid of covid, they're there because idiots will drink bleach anyway then blame Clorox for not having the label they wouldn't have read anyway.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They ask for an email before sharing the results in the hopes that they would get more people to sign up. If not a dark pattern then that's at least sus.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Just because you don't have the attention span to not react to every input you see doesn't make it a dark pattern. It means you need to be less impulsive.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Like how a gambler should just stop gambling? The fault is on them if they didn't read the sign saying stop when the fun stops?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

While others might seek to exploit addictions, addicts absolutely have personally responsibility for their addictions.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'm sure most people agree with you but I disagree.

If addicts have responsibility for their addictions does that therefore mean you must take credit for not being addicted?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I guess, but it's like taking credit for cleaning your room or not hitting anyone on the way in to work. It's great but only your mother really cares (and even she is probably rolling her eyes if you're bragging about that beyond a certain age).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Furthermore, peoples would reject others taking credit for things they didn't actually earn. If someone wins the lottery that's not a quality of them, they were just lucky.

I don't believe people can take credit for anything because they are not the author of their biological or environment. Likewise, being a gambling addict cannot be their fault.