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Re:Amazon Dark Patterns by ritinkar on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @07:38AM (#17652321)
Recently I wanted to purchase something from prime now, I added the product and during checkout where I put in the OTP ( 2FA is mandatory in India ), I changed my mind about purchasing and quit the app, knowing the purchase would fail. Amazon then quietly changed the order from prepaid to cash on delivery without asking me and went through with the order.

I thought that was a shady way of closing a sale.

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Re:Amazon Dark Patterns by ahakki on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @07:47AM (#17652383)
> 2FA is mandatory in India

Well you did just show that it's not :)

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Re:Amazon Dark Patterns by ritinkar on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @07:52AM (#17652403)
mandatory for card transactions.

Unless you were joking, in which case, whoosh me.

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Re:Amazon Dark Patterns by ahakki on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @02:21PM (#17655653)
I must have misunderstood your comment. I was under the impression that 2FA was mandatory for all purchases, not just card transactions.

So I thought you had figured out a way around that.

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Re:Amazon Dark Patterns by coryfklein on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @02:07PM (#17655519)
> changed the order from prepaid to cash on delivery without asking me and went through with the order

Hah, joke's on them. When the item arrived I'd honestly say, "I didn't order that," and shut the door without paying.

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Re:Amazon Dark Patterns by wjp3 on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @09:39AM (#17653011)
How...is that even allowed???
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