>Would you consider the fact that bread and fruit and veg are always at the start of a supermarket journey a dark pattern? No, because the term seems superfluo

>Would you consider the fact that bread and fruit and veg are always at the start of a supermarket journey a dark pattern? No, because the term seems superfluous or euphemistical to me. But yes in the sense that it is psychological manipulation. Is an entity intentionally deceiving or manipulating the customer/user/etc. using their understanding of psychology? Psychological manipulation >The concept is much older than the coined word Indeed, we already have a name for it as I've been trying to say!