76% of the users close a consent popup without making any choice. At the same time, there’s enough paranoia towards privacy that most users would say no to cookies whenever answering looks mandatory.
“Dark patterns are design features used to deceive, steer, or manipulate users into behavior that is profitable for an online service, but often harmful to users or contrary to their intent.”
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