The 'fuck you' pattern (2021)

Post by shagie » Sun, Jun 25, 2023, 4:26 PM UTC

gavinray wrote: post #69

macNchz wrote: post #61

Reddit’s mobile web experience really embraces this–even as a logged in user there is a frequent “Use our app!” popup that has been made progressively more obnoxious. Once upon a time there was a preference option to disable the popup, though it would periodically become unchecked on its own. Then the option to disable it disappeared. Then the popup started appearing not just on page load, but after a period of time…

Recently on mobile it's stopped giving me the option to even view the page anonymously, at least for adult content. It gives me: "This is mature content and may not be appropriate for certain viewers. To continue, use the app to confirm you're over 18 and browse anonymously."

Post by squirtlebonflow » Sun, Jun 25, 2023, 4:27 PM UTC

galoisscobi wrote: post #8

I don’t think this is a dark pattern per se. You don’t expect to walk into any restaurant and get free food. With meta products, you pay for content by being tracked. If you refuse to sign in, they refuse to show you content. It’s simple.

Post by AH4oFVbPT4f8 » Sun, Jun 25, 2023, 4:30 PM UTC

drivebycomment wrote: post #79

AH4oFVbPT4f8 wrote: post #71

I’m really hating the signin with google on nearly every website. I don’t want you to know who I am, I might never even return to the site. Stop asking me to login so you can data mine me.

Turn it off at https://myaccount.google.com/connections/settings

Post by henriquez » Sun, Jun 25, 2023, 4:30 PM UTC

anonymousiam wrote: post #84

janandonly wrote: post #70

I feel the same burning hate like a thousand suns for FB/Meta, Google/YT and other platforms that monetize their users. But, let's be frank here: They monetize you and me, us, the users because 1 they can and, 2, they have to. Yes, they have to. Imagine they provided access to their platforms for free. How would the shareholders (your retirement funds included) respond when less profit was made? You see, we view them…

They can monetize by presenting ads, and they can identify you with cookies when you don't log in (or later when you do). They don't need to restrict their content to monetize. It's more likely that they are restricting their content to prevent scraping and/or indexing.

Post by shagie » Sun, Jun 25, 2023, 4:33 PM UTC

mcpackieh wrote: post #83

tough wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hahahaha I was picturing this idea before asking tbh... We sometimes get some customers who hate the QR's, or claim not having phone/signal/whatever. I'll lend them my phone to check...

I'd refuse to touch your phone and insult you for the offer. If you don't have a paper menu the question of me giving you money is already off the table; the food is forgotten and my new mission in your restaurant is to punish you with my vindictive attitude. If enough waitresses complain about obnoxious boomers giving them grief, I think the business owner will eventually wisen up.