3 ms·
Visiting the site today you are greeted by large popups and imitation download buttons (same size, color, style) so it's easy to assume they are still following
by petee 5y ago
Visiting the site today you are greeted by large popups and imitation download buttons (same size, color, style) so it's easy to assume they are still following dark patterns, even if it's not the case.
After garnering such a reputation I'm surprised they didn't do more to make it clear it's not the same company, though I see its Slashdot Media, which doesn't have a great reputation anymore either, if I recall
- colordrops 5y agoThey are following dark patterns, just not the bundling one.
- rob74 5y agoTBF, when you integrate ads, you also integrate all the dark patterns that the advertisers choose to use (unless the ad provider blocks them, but I wouldn't rely on that)
- mrspuratic 5y agoThe UI is a trainwreck and the download redirections are a mess (but at least every download isn't called "master.zip").
- GrayShade 5y agoThat's a cheap jab at GitHub. You only get a file master.zip if you download the latest snapshot of that branch. If you download a proper release, you will get an archive with the release name.
- mrspuratic 5y agoYes it is. And a valid observation. It do not believe it a sensible default when the filename doesn't tell you what, or when/version. Even when you pick a branch or tag you only get release.zip, and not the project name.
- unixhero 5y agoI am surprised the Freedos project hasn't moved off it.