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Reddit's "open in app" textbook dark pattern is infuriating, specially given the fact that switching user agent allows users to access content on mobile that ot
by rualca 5y ago
Reddit's "open in app" textbook dark pattern is infuriating, specially given the fact that switching user agent allows users to access content on mobile that otherwise would force them to install the mobile app.
And given the ton of dark patterns that Reddit shoves down their user's throats... You just know that the app is up to no good and cannot be trusted at all.
- mustacheemperor 5y agoI upvoted you because you were pushed down to grey and I don't think that's fair to do on a comment like this without a reply. Your second sentence comes across as a bit conspiratorial, but one of the first "features" added with the release of new reddit UI was javascript click and mouse motion tracking, which was not clearly communicated to the userbase and defaulted to on even if you had previously disabled tracking, because this was "new tracking" and you'd disabled the old kind. I don't think it's unreasonable to distrust their app and frankly, it's terrible compared to the 3rd party alternatives anyway.