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Re:I was let go for refusing to deploy a dark pattern by mkr-hn on Friday June 25, 2021 @11:46AM (#27632236)
The audacity they have to run ads promising to simplify taxes when they're responsible for that complexity is amazing.
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Re:I was let go for refusing to deploy a dark pattern by btown on Friday June 25, 2021 @12:07PM (#27632547)
Saying "it wasn't me, it was my boss who created the situation, I'm just trying to make people's lives better within these constraints!" is the best way to calcify and perpetuate those constraints.
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Re:I was let go for refusing to deploy a dark pattern by musingsole on Friday June 25, 2021 @12:16PM (#27632704)
Oof this hits close to home these days. I just want to scream "we're doing this to ourselves!!!"
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