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This week, it’s all about cookies. No, the other kind.
WHAT’S INSIDE
Issue #161 (Dec 8th, 2021)
- Cookie consent pop-ups
- The death of 3rd-party cookies and what lies ahead
- Microsoft Edge puts a smack-down on Chrome
- Free live UX writing event tomorrow
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🍪 Cookie consent pop-ups: some people hate them, while others just hate them. Not only are they a UX nightmare and a dark pattern, tricking and annoying users into consent, but they’re also largely ineffectual. Sites are still placing trackers on devices even before users’ consent, with “many of the biggest publishers potentially violating their readers’ privacy ... by giving them a false notion of control.” Fun.
Cookie compliance efforts continue to fall short even three years after GDPR
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🚫 OK, if you’re sick of all those very undelicious cookies ruining your web experience, this article has some handy tips, tricks, and tools that you can add to your browser right now. Less digital cookies, more real cookies.
How to bypass and block infuriating cookie popups
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MICROCOPY BITE 💬
Speaking of browsers, things are getting heated in the browser wars. Check out these messages from Edge when you try to download Chrome. Children, play nice! 😅
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GAME TIME 🎮
Think you’ve got what it takes to navigate ambiguous cookie consent pop-up language and protect your imperiled privacy rights. Play now!
Cookie Consent Speed.Run
PILLARS OF COMMUNITY 🏛️
Hot topics and trending posts from community members. Join the conversations below!
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UPSKILL: LIVE EVENTS & MORE 📚
Free UX writing event tomorrow:
Join Elly Searle of CrowdStrike who will guide us in using customer-centric language for better B2B experiences: UX Writing for a Better B2B Experience (Tomorrow, Dec 9th)
Podcast:
A fascinating conversation with Colin M. Gray of Purdue University about the past, present, and future of dark patterns. From the non-digital roots of manipulative design to motivating businesses to stop using them, and much more: What you didn’t know about dark patterns
JOBS 👔
Aussies love a good bikkie for brekkie (biscuit/cookie for breakfast), almost as much as they love replacing the endings of words with “ie.” (Yes, “selfie” came from Australia.) Turns out Woolworths is “Woolies” down under. 😂
And as always:
PORTFOLIO 🎨
Kasandra Staniscia is a Bay Area content strategist who turns cluttered sites into streamlined user experiences. No surprise then that her
portfolio is crisp and clean.
https://www.kasandrastaniscia.com/
VOX POPULI 🗣️
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See you next week!
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