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pooploop64 87 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: What Is a Dickover?

>What won't help is complaining that the largely free products we get don't work the way we want them to. This makes no sense and seems bad-faith on multiple levels.

avaer 87 days ago [–]

On the contrary, I'm assuming good faith on the part of those who implement these "dark" patterns.

They're done for a reason, and that reason is not pure evil from their perspective.

chrsw 86 days ago | [–]

Why doesn't Apple do dickovers? Or Hacker News?

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