weird, it looks like an actually honest cookie pop-up to me - way more friendly ...

weird, it looks like an actually honest cookie pop-up to me - way more friendly default settings, and the "decline" button is not greyed out.

Maybe I missed the "shitty dark pattern", or I was shown a different popup than you?

Here is the copy-pasted popup text:

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Essential (selected, not changeable, as essential) External Media (NOT selected by default)

Accept all (white on black button)

Save (white on black button as well )

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