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Re:Ask HN: How does it feel to be a dark pattern programmer? by anticristi on Sunday March 07, 2021 @02:59AM (#26374117)
Indeed, but it still must be meah that you ended up being "that d00d" that implemented yet another barrier to exit. I can already imagine a beer conversation with friends:

A: What did you do this week?

B: I operated an appendix to save someone's life.

C: I sold a home to a young family.

D: I added yet another layer of frustration to users trying to cancel their membership.

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Re:Ask HN: How does it feel to be a dark pattern programmer? by hutzlibu on Sunday March 07, 2021 @03:59AM (#26374353)
" I added yet another layer of frustration to users trying to cancel their membership."

You probably have to tweak your language to match marketing speak.

So, you did:

"implemented a rich UI specifically aimed at the difficult group of unsatisfied customers, to convince them of keeping their membership"

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