> Does anybody actually think that developers build these kind of "features" without a huge amount of self-loathing? They _know_ it's going to ruin the experien

> Does anybody actually think that developers build these kind of "features" without a huge amount of self-loathing? They _know_ it's going to ruin the experience but they have to do it because someone above them said so. That it can't be chalked up to ignorance seems even more damning to me. If your work necessarily causes "a huge amount of self-loathing" maybe look for another job? I currently work as a web developer for the first time in my career and thankfully no one tells me to do any of these things. > I also really hate how the article takes these obviously _good_ examples of dark patterns and makes web developers feel bad for being web developers, just because some web developers are made to employ these dark patterns. I don't feel bad reading this, and I don't feel that the article was made for me to feel bad about being a web developer. It's also not only a matter of web developers being told by their superiors to make their sites shit. I've seen plenty of 1-man business websites that throw up huge modals after 30 seconds asking me to subscribe to their newsletter. Plenty of them throwing social media buttons at me, practically begging for me to share it somewhere.