There’s a lot of missing context with those ellipsis. Enabled by default means you’re just going to see the feature but it’s not doing anything or sending any data until you interact with it. Even when you do it prompts you first to explain what it’s going to do. If you don’t want to see the feature at all you can just toggle it back off but no data has moved until you’ve consented to it.
Yes, a fair point that was mentioned in the article.
I may be speaking only for myself, but I don’t want any new features enabled by default. Subsequent popups and warnings may be hastily ignored/skipped during a user’s busy day, so it’s too easy to accidentally give consent, and consent shouldn’t be accidental.
Let users know about the feature in a newsletter or “what’s new” section of the site, and let the user opt-in to try this new feature (if they wish). That’s really the only ethical, transparent, and 100% way to ensure consent.
There’s a lot of missing context with those ellipsis. Enabled by default means you’re just going to see the feature but it’s not doing anything or sending any data until you interact with it. Even when you do it prompts you first to explain what it’s going to do. If you don’t want to see the feature at all you can just toggle it back off but no data has moved until you’ve consented to it.
Yes, a fair point that was mentioned in the article.
I may be speaking only for myself, but I don’t want any new features enabled by default. Subsequent popups and warnings may be hastily ignored/skipped during a user’s busy day, so it’s too easy to accidentally give consent, and consent shouldn’t be accidental.
Let users know about the feature in a newsletter or “what’s new” section of the site, and let the user opt-in to try this new feature (if they wish). That’s really the only ethical, transparent, and 100% way to ensure consent.