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Threathening people with "you'll lose security so evil guys will come to get ya" so they take user hostile updates and UI roulette is dark pattern by itself. I
by izacus 3y ago
Threathening people with "you'll lose security so evil guys will come to get ya" so they take user hostile updates and UI roulette is dark pattern by itself.
If the companies continue to bundle adware updates with security updates, lesser security might actually be a better outcome for users.
- dylan604 3y agoThis is essentially what the mafia security rackets use. Maybe they should reword their modals to say "it's be a real shame if something were to happen since you didn't update like we suggested"
- lp0_on_fire 3y agoExtortion is the word you're looking for, imo.