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*[[Web cookie|Cookie]] prompts where the only choices are "Accept all" and "Reject all". If the user clicks "Reject", they have to login everytime they switch to a different page, and none of their settings/preferences are saved. If the user clicks "Accept", they get tracked by several third-parties.

*[[Android]] doesn't consider <code>[https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#INTERNET INTERNET]</code> as a "[https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/permissions/overview#runtime dangerous]" permission, so users can only enable or disable internet access for all apps. In contrast, [[GrapheneOS]] supports setting internet-access on a per-app basis. There's speculation that [[Google]] hasn't implemented this granularity because it would decrease their ad-revenue, as users could simply block internet for any app with ads while still having internet on the apps they care about.<ref>[[Talk:Android data collection#3p section]]</ref> See also [[Google#Banning domain-blockers from Play Store]].

Like many other types of dark patterns, this one is [[malicious compliance]], as they pretend to "care about the user's privacy" by giving them choices, but the choices are deliberately set-up to force users to choose the ones that benefit the company at the expense of the user.

==Mind tricks and business incentives==

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 *[[Web cookie|Cookie]] prompts where the only choices are "Accept all" and "Reject all". If the user clicks "Reject", they have to login everytime they switch to a different page, and none of their settings/preferences are saved. If the user clicks "Accept", they get tracked by several third-parties.
 *[[Android]] doesn't consider <code>[https://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.permission#INTERNET INTERNET]</code> as a "[https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/permissions/overview#runtime dangerous]" permission, so users can only enable or disable internet access for all apps. In contrast, [[GrapheneOS]] supports setting internet-access on a per-app basis. There's speculation that [[Google]] hasn't implemented this granularity because it would decrease their ad-revenue, as users could simply block internet for any app with ads while still having internet on the apps they care about.<ref>[[Talk:Android data collection#3p section]]</ref> See also [[Google#Banning domain-blockers from Play Store]].
+Like many other types of dark patterns, this one is [[malicious compliance]], as they pretend to "care about the user's privacy" by giving them choices, but the choices are deliberately set-up to force users to choose the ones that benefit the company at the expense of the user.
 ==Mind tricks and business incentives==