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Re:Request for comments regarding topics to be discussed at ... by milofeynman on Sunday May 02, 2021 @07:10PM (#27019923)
As an engineering manager in an unrelated field... this could also be a way to not have to support a feature on X platform because I don't have the resources to make it work on every possible mobile browser. Or the mobile browsers don't support X feature and I don't want to (or can't) spend the resources to make it work there, QA it there etc. It's not something likely to be able to curb with regulations.
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Re:Request for comments regarding topics to be discussed at ... by chestervonwinch on Sunday May 02, 2021 @09:40PM (#27020799)
I do not think this is a dark pattern. I don't see any exploitation or misrepresentation.

I think we should be careful to distinguish between exploitation / malicious intent vs. airing of grievances of about UI/UX feature completeness.

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