Many of these examples are outright deceptive. But I always thought that when "dark patterns/dark UX" practices are discussed, people are referring to those pra

Many of these examples are outright deceptive. But I always thought that when "dark patterns/dark UX" practices are discussed, people are referring to those practices that are not overtly deceptive, but yet come up very close to the line. For a more forceful terminology, I would suggest perhaps re-appropriating a term from urban design: Hostile architecture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostile_architecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostile_architecture