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Re:Redefining what a map can be with new information and AI by Nasrudith on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @08:45PM (#26655341)
To literally answer your rhetorical question: dark patterns. Not that I think the behavior is wrong - choosing the more energy efficent of two comparable manuevers just makes sense in general. But "Changes to default behavior to change consumer outcomes." are literally dark patterns and rhetorically likened to mind control whenever they want to cast a company or industry as a villain.
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Re:Redefining what a map can be with new information and AI by falcor84 on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @08:56PM (#26655422)
"Dark patterns" is what we call it when it's done in the interest of the company, and usually against the interest of the consumer. In this case, being for the public interest, it's aligned with the much more benign "Libertarian Paternalism" approach outlined in the book Nudge - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudge_%28book%29
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