> ”don't get me started about these dark patterns”
Here’s another dark pattern for you in a totally different context.
So Google use to have all of it various services on a separate subdomain (eg maps.google.com).
But they moved to having everything under www.google.com.
You know why, it’s because when you allow Google Maps to geolocate you (which is totally appropriate for a Maps use case) … now ALL of Google services get geolocation data about you from Search, Gmail, etc since they are all hosted in the same www root.
Here’s another dark pattern for you in a totally different context.
So Google use to have all of it various services on a separate subdomain (eg maps.google.com).
But they moved to having everything under www.google.com.
You know why, it’s because when you allow Google Maps to geolocate you (which is totally appropriate for a Maps use case) … now ALL of Google services get geolocation data about you from Search, Gmail, etc since they are all hosted in the same www root.