Re:I was let go for refusing to deploy a dark pattern
by musicale on Friday June 25, 2021 @06:12PM
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> It's so short-sighted too.
> How many people decided to get the new Playstation next time because of a frustrating experience cancelling their xbox subscription
If you make it hard to unsubscribe when people are short on time/money/interest, they will probably be less likely to resubscribe when they have the time/money/interest.
Long-term customers on something like Xbox Live have a larger incentive to resubscribe to recover access to their game library.
On the other hand, random web site X is probably just looking to churn through subscribers.
It's something of a tragedy of the commons; the incredible difficulty of unsubscribing from (everything that's a monthly bill) makes people wary of subscribing to anything.
> How many people decided to get the new Playstation next time because of a frustrating experience cancelling their xbox subscription
If you make it hard to unsubscribe when people are short on time/money/interest, they will probably be less likely to resubscribe when they have the time/money/interest.
Long-term customers on something like Xbox Live have a larger incentive to resubscribe to recover access to their game library.
On the other hand, random web site X is probably just looking to churn through subscribers.
It's something of a tragedy of the commons; the incredible difficulty of unsubscribing from (everything that's a monthly bill) makes people wary of subscribing to anything.