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The user wants to leave the site. The site stops them from leaving. That sounds pretty dark to me. Just because something is "a fairly well established part of
by verve_rat 5y ago
The user wants to leave the site. The site stops them from leaving. That sounds pretty dark to me.
Just because something is "a fairly well established part of online eCommerce" doesn't mean it is not a shitty thing to do.
- liveinspain55 5y agoFirst - the site doesn't stop them from leaving. Second - I didn't say it's not shitty. I wouldn't normally nit pick on terms but this is a conversation about words and their definitions. Dark Patterns are a deliberate attempt to defraud or deceive through the use of UI. There are many things that are shitty - country music for one - that are not dark patterns. Just because you and I both don't like exit intent popups, doesn't make them something that should be criminalised. Dark Patterns describe activity that either is or should be criminal. The difference is enormous.
- Wiseacre 5y ago'It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.'