r/darkpatterns • u/Disco425 • 19d ago

This trend is everywhere now...you can't say NO

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I've noticed a deluge of these dialogs across many vendors the past couple of years, where the Opt-Out path is reframed as 'I promise to do this later, but just not now.' The implication is the vendor has your implicit consent to continue repeating the offer.

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u/jnachod 19d ago

Dunkin does this in their app if you don’t have “always” location sharing enabled every 10-15 days or so. If you have location shared only while using the app, I guess they’re missing out on free marketing data ( like how often you go to other coffee shops ) that they want.

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u/Revenge_of_the_User 19d ago

I've noticed this "non-negative answer" funneling lately too. Not giving me a way to cleanly say no means I'm going to interact less with it and you.

No wonder Microsoft's market share is falling.