Hacker News with Generative AI: Dark Patterns

Amazon Web Services dark patterns (2024) (lapcatsoftware.com)
In April, a StopTheMadness Pro customer contacted me about an incompatibility with the Amazon Web Services Management Console. I had never used AWS before, but I noticed that it has a free tier, so I decided to sign up in order to debug the incompatibility. The first AWS dark pattern is that the free tier still requires payment information, e.g., a credit card number.

Cloud Computing, User Experience, Dark Patterns

28 points by latexr 7 days ago | 16 comments

Apple Software Update dark pattern (lapcatsoftware.com)
I just installed today's macOS 15.4 and iPadOS 18.4 updates. Incidentally, before updating my Mac mini, I got an "Upgrade to macOS Sequoia" notification even though the Mac was already running Sequoia (15.3.2).

Apple, macOS, Software Updates, Dark Patterns

11 points by ingve 25 days ago | 1 comments

BeReal: The app that won't take no for an answer (noyb.eu)
Today, noyb has filed a complaint against the social media platform BeReal over the latest “dark pattern” to get consent. When people open the app, they are confronted with a pop-up asking them to say “yes” or “no” to the use of their personal data for advertising purposes. So far so good, but BeReal wants to force a specific choice: if users click “accept”, they will never see the consent banner again.

Privacy, Social Media, Data Collection, User Experience, Dark Patterns

8 points by dotcoma 135 days ago | 0 comments

Apple Intelligence Privacy Dark Patterns (mjtsai.com)

Privacy, Apple, Dark Patterns

8 points by speckx 263 days ago | 1 comments

Ryanair – when every page is a dark pattern (hallofshame.design)

User Experience, Dark Patterns, Airlines

312 points by popcalc 281 days ago | 296 comments

FTC finds 'dark patterns' used by a majority of subscription apps and websites (techcrunch.com)

FTC, Subscription Services, Dark Patterns, Consumer Protection

12 points by RadixDLT 289 days ago | 5 comments