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Title    Sneaky Sales and Pricing Practices Online
Date    Tuesday April 26 2016, @04:48AM
Author    cmn32480
Topic   
from the sourceforge-was-guilty-of-this dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=16/04/26/0232202

GungnirSniper writes:

Sneaky user interfaces, such as unwanted bundleware default checkboxes are now expanding into digital newspaper subscriptions. The Boston Globe's site uses lightly-colored close buttons and increases the price as the user goes through the sales process, as well as includes some newsletter-signup defaults. These dishonest-by-design interface elements that are intended to trick or obfuscate users are called dark patterns.

What are some of the most egregious examples you have seen? Have you even been asked to implement a design you found morally distasteful?

Original Submission

Links
  1. "GungnirSniper" - https://soylentnews.org/~GungnirSniper/
  2. "unwanted bundleware default checkboxes" - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2010/jun/15/adobe-hacking
  3. "digital newspaper subscriptions" - https://rationalconspiracy.com/2016/04/24/dark-patterns-by-the-boston-globe/
  4. "dark patterns" - http://darkpatterns.org/what_is_a_dark_pattern/
  5. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=13380
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