TechnologyEnglish • 2 years ago

Want to know how online retailers like Amazon manipulate you? A list of all of the Dark Patterns that can be - and are -used to deceive shoppers.

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Want to know how online retailers like Amazon manipulate you? A list of all of the Dark Patterns that can be - and are -used to deceive shoppers.

www.deceptive.design

TechnologyEnglish • 2 years ago

Deceptive Patterns - Home

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Deceptive patterns (also known as “dark patterns”) are tricks used in websites and apps that make you do things that you didn't mean to, like buying or signing up for something.

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1•2 years ago
Right on. I’ve just see it thrown around a bit lately, and I think it just obfuscates the issue.

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