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An example of frustration with Google.

Google added a compulsory "system browser" to my Android.

Should be a no-frills unowned Internet browser, right?

Sorry, read the privacy policy. It's a company data harvester for some random shell company.

That's a dark pattern!
#darkPattern #Google #Android

Actually, dark patterns do exist on #Mastodon. We don’t recognize them as dark patterns because we’re too politicized to see what’s obvious in plain sight.

But here’s an example of a #darkpattern on Mastodon: harassers being able to send you abusive messages as “followers only”. This renders the message invisible from public view while being visible to everyone who follows the abuser – followers who are likely to have the same toxic affinity as the abuser.

Let’s not pretend this is not a dark pattern. It clearly is.

RE: https://mastodon.social/users/harryprayiv/statuses/114082840668402297

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För många av apparna så måste jag också ta mig igenom kakmonstret, om allt de vill damsuga mig på.

Från erfarenhet så är det värt besväret lägga upp till minuter, som de värsta syndarnas #DarkPattern består av. Där särskilt bakdörren #BerättigatIntresse sticker ut. Väldigt vanligt allt är påslaget som standard där, även om allt annat som standard är avslaget. Det är så utstuderat dåligt så det skriker!

Belöningen är inte bara mindre störning - ofta märks tydlig prestandaförbättring 🥰

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@SheDrivesMobility @3sat @maschinentraum @schwaigbub @Life_is @bookstardust @BMWK @Zoll nickt zustimmend

Das einzige was #Überwachungskapitalismus-Plattformen wie #Shitter, #BlueSky, #NSAbook & Co. machen ist #ClickBait & #RageBait boosten und durch #DarkPattern die #Screentime künstlich zu erhöhen...

  • Das ist weder gesund noch sollte es im Interesse aller sein, außer der #Plattform welche #Werbung verzapft.

The most user hostile #webpage I've ever seen is the #Xfinity account management site; specifically the customer.xfinity.com/#/devices page where you can see if you have exceeded the data cap which is useful for avoiding overage fees.

It takes 30 seconds to load! 10 seconds to load the #HTML, another 10 to load the #JS and #CSS!

Not because they are big files mind you, that's just how slow their servers are.