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Dark pattern pet peeve once you complete the test. The options are either:

  Yes, send me my report and occasional emails with helpful
  tips on how to improve my online presence. Google may send
  me recommendations for certain Google products and services
  and contact me with further help and tips based on my
  TestMySite results.

Or:

  No thanks, I don’t want to get my detailed results.

What if I want to get my results, but not subscribe to your marketing drip campaign?

Screenshot: https://www.dropbox.com/s/csm6j5u9hq5wubw/Screenshot%202017-...

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Dark pattern pet peeve once you click the screenshot. Why does dropbox plaster its login form to completely cover the image?

https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/

Submit it to http://confirmshaming.tumblr.com

I was able to just scroll down and click on "view the details" and "see what to fix" in each section.

I assumed that the detailed report would probably have more information about the "what to fix" shown on the page in sections, and also "how to fix" with relevant snippets on the web page. If that's not the case, I don't see why a detailed report is even there.

I did not opt for a detailed report because it requires an email address and defaults to opt-in for additional communications. It's really a terrible dark pattern. I wonder who even thought that this would be acceptable.

Annoying as hell. Might use a throwaway address.

I can show you what you get if you sign up:

http://imgur.com/a/QlLws

This "detailed report" is quite lacking in detail compared to the Pagespeed it's apparently going to replace, because pagespeed at least lists the pages it's upset about.

Only by viewing the old tool can I see that what it's actually complaining about, is the CDN configuration for Google analytics.

I wish these Google tools would at least recognise people following their own instructions and not punish them accordingly.

The quid pro quo bit seems pretty standard and reasonable, annoying but reasonable

Yes it is.

But then again, providing the user with a unique shareable URL would be much better for the user.

And, this is just my own opinion[1], obviously, but, providing the best user experience possible, whether designing a new Internet browser or a new tweak to the look of the homepage is very important. It is wise to take great care to ensure that services will ultimately serve the user, rather than the provider's internal goal or bottom line. When building new tools and applications, they should work so well you don’t have to consider how they might have been designed differently.

[1] well not really mine... https://www.google.com/about/company/philosophy/

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