Will Berard 🫳🎤🫶<p>It's pretty telling of how much my nervous system has been trained by the web that I felt the urge to click, immediately countered by my red flag detectors, on the button illustrating the Wikipedia page for Dark Pattern (UX)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/Webdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Webdesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/UI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/DarkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPattern</span></a></p>
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Rpsu (326 ppm)<p>Peruutin Disney+ tilauksen, ja voi pojat että olikin aika monen klikin ja pimeiden käytäntöjen takana. </p><p>Peruutunappia piti painaa 3 tai neljässä peräkkäisessä samanlaisessa ”tässä vielä yksi mahdollisuus jättää tilauksen peruutus kesken” sivussa ja koko putken alku oli hienosti jemmattu. </p><p>Olis kuluttajaviranomaisilla varmaan mielipide tuosta. </p><p>Pysykää kaukana.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/disneyplus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disneyplus</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DarkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPattern</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Pime%C3%A4tK%C3%A4yt%C3%A4nn%C3%B6t" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PimeätKäytännöt</span></a></p>
zeruch<p>Dear <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/youtube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>youtube</span></a>, the idea hat every video URL must get redirected to a "video mix" is not just a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darkpattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkpattern</span></a>, it's just stupid.</p><p>Really damn stupid.</p><p>But keep the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a> coming. When you eventually fall over under the weight of your own self-serving larding, no one will mourn your absence.</p>
🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦<p>Hey, software pushers. Wanna know why everybody hates your products?</p><p>It's because of stuff like this.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ad</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DarkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPattern</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SoftwareSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftwareSucks</span></a></p>
cslinuxboy<p>If you're receiving spam marketing emails from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spectrum</span></a> and/or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Charter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Charter</span></a> communications and they won't stop, even after "unsubscribing", go here to report them to the FTC for abuse: <a href="https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Email</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpectrumCommunications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpectrumCommunications</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CharterCommunications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharterCommunications</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unsubscribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unsubscribe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DarkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPattern</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OptOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OptOut</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fraud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Harassment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harassment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Marketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marketing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UpSell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UpSell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mobile</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Streaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Services</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClickToCancel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClickToCancel</span></a></p>
joschi<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@lucajunge" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lucajunge</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ard.social/@tagesschau" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tagesschau</span></a></span> So, gerade nochmal geprüft. Vor 3 Tagen auf „Übernehmen“ gedrückt und jetzt wieder den Dialog zu sehen bekommen.</p><p>Definitiv ein <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DarkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPattern</span></a> in der Tagesschau App. 😡</p>
Raphaël<p>Long article sur la "Komootisation" : WHEN WE GET KOMOOTED <a href="https://bikepacking.com/plog/when-we-get-komooted/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bikepacking.com/plog/when-we-g</span><span class="invisible">et-komooted/</span></a><br>il aborde les différentes aspects de l'histoire de Komoot vendu du jour au lendemain à une entreprise qui à viré 80% des salariés dans la foulée.</p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/velo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>velo</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/bikepacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bikepacking</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/darkpattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkpattern</span></a></p>
AnthonyNew uBlock Origin rule to clobber the intrusive "Copilot" button that recently appeared in Outlook web mail:<br><br><code>! Jul 25, 2025 https://outlook.office.com</code><br><code>outlook.office.com##<a href="https://buc.ci?t=copilotcommandcenterbutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CopilotCommandCenterButton</a></code><br><br>Note: there should be three (3) pound signs between ".com" and "CopilotCommandCenterButton". For some reason my fediverse server does not display all three.<br><br><a href="https://buc.ci?t=ublock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uBlock</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=aispam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AISpam</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=generativeai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GenerativeAI</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=copilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Copilot</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=outlook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Outlook</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=darkpattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DarkPattern</a><br><br>This post is not an invitation to criticize me for using a Microsoft product or to suggest an alternative.<br>
gismork<p>Et la palme de la résiliation la plus insupportable revient à ... Deezer 🎉 !</p><p>Après 4 popup avec un beau <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darkpattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkpattern</span></a> sur le bouton "Continuer ma résiliation", voilà qu'ils te proposent une réduction pendant 6 mois.</p><p>Un beau bouton "S'abonner" bien en évidence alors que tu as cliqué déjà 3 fois sur "Continuer ma résiliation" 🤢.</p><p>Abonnés <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deezer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deezer</span></a>, profitez en, allez ce pas profiter de cette belle offre bien mise en avant !</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resiliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resiliation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foutagedegueule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foutagedegueule</span></a></p>
Bene<p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Komoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Komoot</span></a> jetzt nicht nur voll mit Fehlern, sondern auch <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DarkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPattern</span></a>. Wie kann man diesen Dialog schließen (der kommt eh jedes mal)? </p><p>Mit klick auf [Kostenlose Testversion fortsetzen] folgt... 👇 </p><p>[1/2]</p>
AnthonyI don't read BoingBoing very often so perhaps I missed this when it happened. Anyway, is it just me or is BoingBoing now paywalling all their articles? For instance, I only see part of <a href="https://boingboing.net/2025/07/18/a-guide-to-protecting-your-privacy-at-u-s-borders.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">this one</a>. At the cutoff point I'm encouraged to go read the whole article on "BoingBoing Premium". I seem to recall one of their cofounders saying they were not going to paywall articles, but would have a paid tier where you wouldn't see ads.<br><br><a href="https://buc.ci?t=boingboing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoingBoing</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=paywall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paywall</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=darkpattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DarkPattern</a><br>
Snafu 🐦:linux: 🇺🇦<p>"Kurz zustimmen zu Cookies und vergleichbaren Webtechnologien"</p><p>Crazy was sich die comdirect erlaubt. Und on top das Rumgelüge von wegen "optimales Website-Erlebnis". Als ob Tracker und andere Wanzen ein besseres "Website-Erlebnis" ermöglichen würden. Der "Alle akzeptieren" Button ist natürlich in gelb und größer als die anderen, in grau gehaltenen Buttons. Ist das noch Bank?</p><p><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/comdirect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>comdirect</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tracking</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/DarkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPattern</span></a></p>
aburtch<p>This is a <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/DarkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPattern</span></a> IMO.</p>
joschi<p>Liebe <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ard.social/@tagesschau" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tagesschau</span></a></span>, ich möchte keine Push-Nachrichten erhalten, weder jetzt, noch irgendwann später.</p><p>Warum nutzt die Tagesschau-App dieses <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DarkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPattern</span></a> (<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Nagging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nagging</span></a>)? Warum gibt es keine Option, welche diese Frage dauerhaft mit Nein beantwortet?</p><p><a href="https://dapde.de/de/dark-patterns/arten-und-beispiele/druck2/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dapde.de/de/dark-patterns/arte</span><span class="invisible">n-und-beispiele/druck2/</span></a></p>
Thor A. Hopland<p>One <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/DarkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPattern</span></a> in <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> is how accounts are setup and give <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> apps pretty much all permissions out of the box, whereas third party apps need to have permissions manually enabled - warning dialogues and all.</p><p>You could suffice with telling the user what permissions the app needs before installing - like the <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> app store or <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Flathub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flathub</span></a> does.</p>
Patrick Prémartin<p>Bénéficiaires du programme de fidélité de Flunch, pensez à passer sur <a href="https://www.flunch.fr/fidelite/abonnement" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">flunch.fr/fidelite/abonnement</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> pour refuser le partage de vos données avec des tiers.</p><p>Parce que pour eux, le refus de partage des données personnelles à des fins de statistiques et de publicité c'est un abonnement à activer.</p><p><a href="https://mastouille.fr/tags/Flunch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flunch</span></a> <a href="https://mastouille.fr/tags/Fidelite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fidelite</span></a> <a href="https://mastouille.fr/tags/ViePrivee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ViePrivee</span></a> <a href="https://mastouille.fr/tags/DarkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPattern</span></a> <a href="https://mastouille.fr/tags/RGPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RGPD</span></a></p>
Ian K. Rogers ikr?╭ರ_ಠ<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@noybeu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>noybeu</span></a></span> AI has put so many "fun" twists on classic UX <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DarkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPattern</span></a> misdirections. If your consent UX isn't transparent, it's straight up grifting.</p>
9Lukas5 🚂 🐧<p>Wieso ist so ein Blödsinn eigentlich erlaubt? :blobcatfluffangry: </p><p><a href="https://mastodontech.de/tags/DarkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPattern</span></a> <a href="https://mastodontech.de/tags/Versicherung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Versicherung</span></a></p>
Mark Hughes<p>Every site that puts up a cookies dialogue is now saying loudly what their priority is, and it is NOT what they say it is.</p><p>It's a massive RED FLAG because they have a choice. Either<br>- inconvenience you from the very start because overall they see a benefit TO THEM or<br>- provide an option via a footer link to get extra features by accepting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cookies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cookies</span></a>, say "enable cookies" or "enable extras"</p><p>Today's culprit (for the eleventyth time: NO) is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HargreavesLansdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HargreavesLansdown</span></a> for continued use of this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DarkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPattern</span></a></p>
Paco Hope #resist<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@lolgop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lolgop</span></a></span> I support this idea and I will probably sign the petition (I’m a TM customer. Still mulling over whether I want to support Verizon or AT&T instead). </p><p>I support <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TeslaTakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeslaTakedown</span></a> and participated in one of their protests. But look at how scummy this petition is.</p><p>First I notice that they inform me that I “may receive” email from a bunch of groups. That’s weird because it implies uncertainty. </p><p>Then I notice this microscopic, grey-on-grey text that says “edit subscription preferences”. I haven’t signed in to this site, so how do I even have any preferences to edit? I tap it and it expands to an already-opted-in list of ELEVEN different orgs who will all feel entitled to spam me because they will point to this as the time I affirmatively opted in to receive all their emails.</p><p>How many petition signers even see that, much less click it? This is a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DarkPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPattern</span></a> and this is really slimy. The ONLY way to be slimier would be to opt me in without even telling me. </p><p>The word “preferences” is plural, implying I have more than one preference. In practice my choice is to accept email from all 11 or none. It’s a single preference, hidden from view as much as possible.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DarkPatterns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarkPatterns</span></a></p>
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