Dark pattern

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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Notion

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Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

A dark pattern (also known as a "deceptive design pattern") is a user interface that has been carefully crafted to trick users into doing things, such as buying overpriced insurance with their purchase or signing up for recurring bills.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Dark pattern”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

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