Hacker News Reader

Comment by gmueckl | Hacker News Reader

I don't see how this will be adopted without backing by legal threats. Even if this gets implemented on a voluntary basis, you need a fallback for browsers that don't support it. And if you need to have a version of the prompt with a user experience that isn't controlled by the browser, you might just as well use it to keep pushing the same dark patterns to everyone. Am I missing something?

View on HN

Cookie banners works because they're everywhere and user has been trained to dismiss them as soon as possible. If this technology would get traction from major players, cookie banners will become an exception rather than norm. It means that users will be scared of those banners and might prefer to leave the website which will hurt the conversion.

If this movement is not backed by major web players, probably nothing will happen.

> Cookie banners works because they're everywhere and user has been trained to dismiss them as soon as possible.

All my friends and family just click the CTA, "accept", "I'm OK with that", "Mmm cookies yummy!"

I agree. Why would anyone who wants to track users implement this standard and abandon their dark patterns?

Because governments will slap them on the wrist real hard if they don't.

It would have to be enforced by legislation (As opposed to the dark patterns with cookie banners). If any company doesn't implement this fully compliant with the spec, fine them every year with 2-25% of the yearly revenue.

We've sunk so low that even the "hackers" want the government to force people to use specific protocols on the Internet.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com