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It's further concerning that he appears to have written his own example code for the speculative dark patterns, presenting it alongside real code from insurer w

• JohnStudio 9y ago
  ... at best.
• philipodonnell 9y ago
  And then, like, criticize the code quality it as if it came from them for design choices that _the author_ made? > So, my laugh cry scenario here is that they statistically set/just have variables in the code base that say claims spanning a certain amount of time are denied. E.g. WTF, you wrote that code!
  • bringtheaction 9y ago
    Well! That's rather ironic I'd say.
  • balthasar 9y ago
    He is pointing out the arbitrary nature of the algorithm the workings of which was determined through research. The psuedo code is obviously not the point. The reader would have to either be ignorant of the discussion to make this mistake or intent on blurring the discussion.