Re:Medium, Please
by trotsky on Sunday January 09, 2011 @11:32AM
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If people didn't really want the extra coffee (and it seems unlikely they did), how exactly is this different from "We wanted to make more money, so we raised our prices" ?
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They were still offering the smaller options. They didn't raise their prices, they just made them more misleading. This is just one of those dark patterns that works and can even be essential for some kinds of businesses: http://swombat.com/2010/12/19/dark-patterns-good-for-busines...