'Terms & Conditions Apply' Is a Game That Dares You to Opt-Out
Filed to:alex bellos Screenshot: Shoshana Wodinsky (Gizmodo) “Help! I’m stuck in a terms and conditions factory. Please accept the terms and conditions to release me.” This disclaimer from hell is just one of the 29 awaiting you in “Terms and Conditions Apply,” a new project meant to gamify the frustrating experience of trying to opt-out of tracking and ad-targeting across the web. It’s the brainchild of The Guardian and technologist Jonathan Plackett, who said he conceived the game as a way to “expose some of the dark patterns” that websites regularly use when tricking us int...