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They created a mobile app and dark patterns that pushed users to use it so they could show ads.

• inscionent 7y ago
  Oh no! They have a business model!
  • attqqq 7y ago
    There’s always ethical ways to generate money, too. Opt in generosity is proven to be viable.. see: Wikipedia, All of Patreon, Etc
    • Gaelan 7y ago
      Reddit gold was that, for a long time. Presumably, it didn’t work. (Or maybe wasn’t profitable enough?)
    • Bombthecat 7y ago
      We are past ethical ways...
  • linza 7y ago
    Yes, oh no. Dark patterns are closer to fraud than to a legitimate business model I'd recommend to my friends and family. Nigerian princes selling you gold is a business model too.
    • thatguyagain 7y ago
      The company you work for, how do they make money? Do they market their products?
      • linza 7y ago
        Yes of course. What's your point? All marketing lies, and there is no spectrum, and therefore no moral ambiguity in doing shady things?