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> What you call dark patterns are ways to ensure users don't accidentally load malware onto their device. They are still dark patterns, that they also have fou
by Crinus 7y ago
> What you call dark patterns are ways to ensure users don't accidentally load malware onto their device.
They are still dark patterns, that they also have found excuses for those dark patterns does not make them any better. In fact most of the stuff (not just Google's) we see nowadays that take control away from the users - very often in ways that entrench monopolies and the status quo - use "but security" as their primary defense.
- billman 7y agoTotally agree. Open source software is possible on Android, but it's nowhere near the level of say Linux.
- GoblinSlayer 7y agoAnd they aren't secure, like at all. How much chinese scam is published there. And https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20818177 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20818177
- judge2020 7y agoAnd it's a pretty good defense. Say those dark patterns are removed - and loading a .apk from the web on a completely new pixel 3 shows the "do you want to install this app?" dialog. What's stopping any of those apps from masquerading as official Google/banking apps and stealing user credentials? Or what if the app is named "get any app free app store" and, along with providing cracked apps from Google Play, it enrolled your android in a botnet?