First - 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

First - 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.