1
 
 

It was already bad enough with the annoying questionaire and the de-emphasized buttons, but the switching of the location of the buttons on the fourth page was actually horrible.

2
Harebrained logic (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
 
 

Typing a password slows you down, so now you'll need to enter a 2fa and a password. Fucking brilliant!

3
 
 
4
 
 

"Nobody knows basic math, they won't notice it"

5
 
 

Dark pattern abuse at its finest. You find this on all third party webstores that have decided to affiliate themselves with Shop. This has been spreading like the plague and infected a lot of webstores I used to use. If you don't notice or forget to click on the "not now" at the bottom of the page they will create a Shop account that contains your email, phone number and credit card information without further warning. Whoever hacks into their database is going to hit a goldmine. You might have a Shop account without even realizing it right now.

And of course there is a 30 day delay for account deletion for purely made up reasons.

6
 
 

Why does an online storefront framework need a fucking app, anyway?

(Don't seriously answer that, I know)

Image of an order confirmation page online. The store uses Shop dot com, who wants me to download their app to track my package.
7
 
 

just give me my sht

8
 
 

Yes, I know, Roku sucks for a variety of reasons, and we can just add this to the pile.

Roku launched a new feature, Backdrops, which is just a screensaver that they foist upon you. But they must have gotten complaints about screen burn in, because months after the lauch, they pushed an update that adds this notification pop-up.

A few things that should have been obvious:

  • A television with the screensaver on is probably unattended.
  • The point of a rotating screensaver is to avoid static images that cause screen burn
  • The pop-up never goes away and covers the bottom of the screen across all images, with the QR code in stark black on white, which is most likely to create screen burn.

The thing is, this is such a small issue, but it belies a foundational disrespect for users. The carelessness and incompetence could be ignored, but the obligatory nature of pushing this out without consent or care is why it fits squarely in asshole territory.

QR code for Roku Burn In prevention, displayed in high contrast black and white over screen saver.
9
10
 
 
11
 
 
12
 
 

In this pricing table welcome offer says 34.99 per 3 month which feels like you pay 35 euro for every 3 months but actually its only for the first 3 month and it auto renews at 69.99 euros.

i am not even sure how can this be legal.

13
 
 

Tried to read a post on their forums and after the post loads, comes this lovely modal. The X to close the modal is quite continently positioned so it is under the top UI of the browser and thus cannot be closed. My respect for this site has just been lost.

14
 
 

This cannot possibly hold up in court. You cant just advertise a product and then be like "*but actually we might be lying about some or all of these things"??? What the fuck are you selling then

15
Unhinged (media.kbin.earth)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/assholedesign@lemmy.world
 
 
16
 
 

Game: Racing Master, the LATAM version. Ah and the rest of the missions only get you 25 points short of the kit and outfit, you need to buy both passes.

17
18
 
 

Google Play shows me this once a month.

You can only make it go away by closing and reopening the play store.

Google play showing me optoins to set up purchase information without "no" option
19
 
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/35308060

Misleading pricing:

Using the billing period as the header and showing the price for the billing period... except for monthly—which shows 1/4 the price and says "every week" in smaller, gray text.

Punishing non-subscription payments:

Adding a $6.50 (1400%) surcharge for wanting a weekly one-time payment instead of a recurring subscription.

Charging more for longer periods:

Monthly billing, once you remove the dark pattern and convert it to its actual price, is $2. There are 12 months in a year, meaning it would cost $24 to maintain that subscription for a year.

Why is the yearly subscription $29, then?


If you want to verify this for yourself, you're going to need to clear your cookies and reload an article a lot. They do A/B tests and show different subscription requied modals. This one was the worst.

20
 
 

I'm getting this error that says Error. I can't tell if I fat-fingered the community name in the URL, or it got removed, or it doesn't exist in the first place, or maybe there's a legitimate issue with the software, but I hope it's useful!

I need to clarify because some people apparently never encountered the error page: it used to show the actual error. It was later changed to not do that.

(apologies for the atrocious aspect ratio)

Error message on the Lemmy web UI: "The server returned this error: Error. This may be useful for admins and developers to diagnose and fix the error."
21
 
 

The cover for the airbox on this Honda generator hinges open to the left, but the frame rail is directly in front. The airbox is also bolted to the engine from inside (behind the filter).

I've throughly looked over this and there is no way to open that airbox unless you unbolt the engine from the frame, or perhaps modify the lid hinges with a saw so it doesn't have to swing as far to come off.

22
 
 
23
24