> This practice is more generally known as "drip pricing"[1], and it is definitely a dark pattern. It's not a dark pattern, it's simply a crime in many jurisdi

> This practice is more generally known as "drip pricing"[1], and it is definitely a dark pattern. It's not a dark pattern, it's simply a crime in many jurisdictions. My grandfather was an inspector for the fraud and safety administration in the 1970s in France, and he would regularly fine businesses that would hide fees from their advertised prices. Restaurants used to be the worst offenders, but a long time ago a law was passed such that they are obligated to exhaustively list their price at the entrance and specify that it's all included. It's rather surprising to me that this kind of practice is still allowed nowadays in the US, and that it's in fact getting worse.