IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.ml · edit-26 days agoJust got this popup whilst trying to open a website using archive.islemmy.mlimagemessage-square115linkfedilinkarrow-up11
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minus-squareNannerBanner@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoAh, yes, dark patterns are okay because they can be worked around. Got it.
minus-squaredev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoI don’t understand, why is a QR code a dark pattern? Edit: I have now read the entire Wikipedia page on dark patterns, I didn’t find one that would match.
minus-squareNannerBanner@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoBecause a qr code is not a url. You might get one flashed, but it’s just like a 40 page eula: the amount of people who are going to pay attention is an order of several magnitudes smaller.
Ah, yes, dark patterns are okay because they can be worked around. Got it.
I don’t understand, why is a QR code a dark pattern?
Edit: I have now read the entire Wikipedia page on dark patterns, I didn’t find one that would match.
Because a qr code is not a url. You might get one flashed, but it’s just like a 40 page eula: the amount of people who are going to pay attention is an order of several magnitudes smaller.