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[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Your QR code scanner showns you the URL before you choose to open it, right? So I don't really get the comparison to short URLs. As with any normal link, you get to see the link before you choose to "click" the QR code after you scan it.

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[–] NannerBanner@literature.cafe 1 point 5 months ago (3 children)

Ah, yes, dark patterns are okay because they can be worked around. Got it.

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[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 point 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I don't understand, why is a QR code a dark pattern?

Edit: I have now read the entire Wikipedia page on dark patterns, I didn't find one that would match.

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[–] NannerBanner@literature.cafe 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

Because a qr code is not a url. You might get one flashed, but it's just like a 40 page eula: the amount of people who are going to pay attention is an order of several magnitudes smaller.

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[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 point 5 months ago*

We start here: You see an URL -> if it's a shortened URL, that's problematic, if it's a normal URL, it's ok you can click it

Now we add a QR code to the equation: You scan a QR code -> You see an URL -> if it's a shortened URL, that's problematic, if it's a normal URL, it's ok you can click it

But you don't agree.

Why is adding the "You scan a QR code" step making a difference? You compare looking at an URL to reading a 40 page EULA, I don't think 1 line of text is comparable to 40 pages of text, but let's go with it. Some people won't read it, I definitely agree with that. If they click links without reading then, then they click links without reading them. Again, why is adding the step of scanning a QR code before the link shows up, making anything different? You can read and choose to click it or not all the same, whether the link appeared due to scanning a QR code, or whether it was on web page.