I agree with you, but I'd say this is not a "technical" problem because it's not the engineers who screwed up--they correctly implemented the algorithms they we

I agree with you, but I'd say this is not a "technical" problem because it's not the engineers who screwed up--they correctly implemented the algorithms they were asked to create. The problem is with the business model. If you only make money off ads, then you need these dark pattern algorithms to survive as a company. Taking Twitter private gives the company space to come up with a better business model. But there is no guarantee that they'll find one. But I certainly hope they do: The Fourth Estate used to have a diverse revenue source (ads, classifieds, subscriptions, etc.) but software ate their business model and now all they have left is ads. All those dark patterns are also affecting mainstream media, and unless we come up with a better model, we'll be stuck with clickbait and deliberately inflammatory content.