A study on online companies employing dark patterns. Dark patterns are clever tricks built into apps and websites to encourage you to do things you may not necessarily want to do, for the gain of the companies.
For anyone wondering, yes Terms and Conditions are a dark pattern when they’re mapped directly onto the enter key.
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