Yes. This is a dark pattern.
this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2024
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They hit two dark patterns out of a possible seven.
I should make a browser plug-in that finds dark patterns and reverses them.
can you clarify on the 7?
First two: using color and button size/placement to guide clicks
The ones they didn’t do:
- Misdirection of reason for interacting with elements
- pre-selecting the checkbox
- making the background elements a clickbox
- using colors to scare user into a certain action
- using text to scare user into a certain action
No, because you can skip it.
Absolutely. I didn't spot the link for skipping registration until someone pointed it out.