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Hall Of Shame - Examples Of Deceptive Patterns Used By Companies To Mislead, Trick And Trap Users (www.deceptive.design)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by BodaciousMunchkin@links.hackliberty.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 42 points 4 months ago

As I mentioned in another thread, at the end of the day those patterns all boil down to exploiting some asymmetry between the user and the system. For example:

Users eventually get tired into compliance. The system doesn't.
Users are prone to emotional manipulation. The system doesn't.
Users don't have full knowledge of the system. The system does.
Users can't dictate the terms. The system does.
etc.

("System" in this case means "the product, who designed it, and who sells it".)