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Re:Windows popup to change competing browser search engine t... by darepublic on Saturday August 26, 2023 @06:42PM (#37277568)
It's a dark pattern to constantly solicit the user the same offer with no option to turn it off. Ie my windows machine constantly suggesting I switch to windows 11, using vaguer language than normal so that I may accidentally select yes, and having no opt out option so I may eventually concide out of exhaustion rather than real consent
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Re:Windows popup to change competing browser search engine t... by naikrovek on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @05:47PM (#37329606)
it's an anti-pattern. It isn't a dark pattern.

dark patterns lie to you, attempt to deceive you. anti-patterns are just annoying without lying.

you guys want to attack Microsoft so bad you've forgotten what terms mean.

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