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GDPR settings are simply insane (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/syncforlemmy

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WTH is this shit?!

edit: for those wondering, the setting can be found under Settings -> Privacy -> GDPR for the EU version only I think

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I'm fully for supporting ljdawson and this app - the former version of which I've also purchased.

So, I was really surprised when I saw that the gdpr consent form had some of the worst dark patterns with the opt-out "legitimate interest" for each party.

The first time I was so excited to have sync again, that I just confirmed selection. Stupid of me. Second time, I spent minutes opting out of each individual party's "legitimate interest" - after giving consent.

No idea what this means or if ljdawson knew (he's the dev though), but this really soured my experience.

I think I'll still purchase, but this sucks.

Edit: I've since purchased the ad-free version. I want to give ljdawson the benefit of the doubt and maybe also chalk this up to the beta state. I just quite dislike dark patterns.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Since it's GDPR, I wouldn't be surprised if this is a drop-in library or something that uses those dark patterns instead of LJ setting that up himself.