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They might be a Linux desktop user or a free software person in general. If you stick to F/OSS you might still live in a world where that stuff is pretty much e
by pxc 4y ago
They might be a Linux desktop user or a free software person in general. If you stick to F/OSS you might still live in a world where that stuff is pretty much entirely absent, experientally.
Then the outrage comes in full force, as a kind of culture shock, whenever some external situation requires you to do something like set up a proprietary desktop operating system.
> I hope there's a future (or alternate universe) where dark patterns, such as this, result in economic loss rather than economic gain.
I agree. I wonder whether that can actually be achieved through end-user savviness alone.