> Just like how good tasting food isn't a bad thing, and my enjoying the taste of apples isn't a dark pattern Exactly, and a company having a leveling system i

> Just like how good tasting food isn't a bad thing, and my enjoying the taste of apples isn't a dark pattern Exactly, and a company having a leveling system in a video game isn't automatically a dark pattern, as this website erroneously asserts. > If you aren't worried about the amount of dark patterns in your games at all don't bother going to the website. Look, this is blatantly disingenuous framing. I've made it clear that I take issue with what they're categorizing as a dark pattern, that it's overbroad, but you're responding as if I'm making a completely different point. It's fine to disagree, but please argue the point I made, not something else. I think it's a good idea to have a website like this, but they should be using more sensible definitions, not something that catches almost all video games.