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[–] 52 points 2 weeks ago

This is what people mean when they say dark patterns. There’s now decades of research on ergonomic and intuitive interface design. For a brief time there was a general effort to make things more usable but we’ve reached the point where advertisings penetration into the internet is so deep the opposite occurs; usability is purposely hampered to trick you into consenting for things they’re aware you would otherwise never want

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