Opting out of ad tracking : The least user friendly menu I've seen!
Opting out of ad tracking : The least user friendly menu I've seen!
#Orange , the french #ISP offers you a free #TV box with your internet plan! The catch?
Of course, it's filled with #ads .
I mean, it's free, you're the product etc, so I get it but I still go to the settings to disable targetted ads, which is on by default OF COURSE, but there's a nifty "Deny all" (Tout refuser) button!
But after clicking it, it does NOT disable everything, as most of their advertising partners are set to "Mixed consent" (where "Legitimate interest" data is still on!). That's not confusing at all!
So to disable them, you have to go one by one on each of their partners, scroll down, enable and disable the tracking checkbox to disable it. Peak example of unfriendly #uxdesign !
Multiply that with the ~100 partners they have, and I spent a solid 15 minutes just scrolling through menus to disable #tracking .
At least I guess you CAN do it if you're motivated enough?
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It's free, you are the product. That's fine, otherwise get something else.
That the company even gives you the option to disable tracking and ads actually surprises me.
@leave_it_blank It's a legal obligation in the EU with GDPR
(And it's only targetting, you still have ads even with these off)
your are the product. throw that in the trash where it belongs.
The GDPR doesn't make it a legal obligation to allow them to be disabled.
It makes a legal obligation to be disabled by default (opt-in), and to be as easy to reject as they are to accept (as in, no hidden reject button, no button with a lower contrast than the other, and everything on the first popup without having to go in specific menus to find the buttons).
Obviously, almost no website in the world follows those requirements, but just allowing things to be disabled is still illegal.
Oh, I did not know that. I'd think I would not use it then.
And you get the fun chance to do it again when the TV updates!