Uraael, to random

Notes for Companies in 2024:

  • My decision to cancel a service is not a problem for you to solve.

  • If the rest of your services are available to me online then this should be also.

  • Do not make the only cancellation route me telling my decision to a human whose main purpose is finding ways to make me change my mind.

  • If you have a queue system in place, you need to keep updating people as to their position in the queue, so they can judge whether to stay on the line or call again later.

  • Also do not make that route a per-minute charge number.

  • Every delay in responding to my request, every question looking for information, becomes more reason for the Cancellation. You have my request and I'm under no obligation to explain it to your satisfaction.

  • If I haven't given you my email address at any point don't ask for it as a "security question" (!)


This genuinely made me angry today; if you don't value my ability to make my own decisions then you don't deserve me as a customer. It was transparently obvious why you don't allow people to cancel online; it has everything to do with Retention efforts and nothing to do with 'checking what people still owe', something that can absolutely be confirmed and dealt with online.

Fuck you, McQueens Dairies. I hope your milk sours.

https://www.mcqueensdairies.co.uk/cancel-account/

jmcs,
@jmcs@jsantos.eu avatar

@Uraael since it's a british company, an email stating
"""
Greetings,

According to my rights according to the Data Protection Act of 2018, I kindly request that you delete all my personal data effective yesterday.

I hope you step on a Lego. Indifferent regards,
[INSERT NAME]
"""

should work. My policy when removing accounts is that if they make click more than 3 buttons to cancel the account they get the GDPR mail.

Uraael,

@jmcs This is a good policy!

I hope you step on a Lego

awesome. 😍

happyborg, to UX
@happyborg@fosstodon.org avatar

Even though I have chosen to disable notifications in @signalapp Messenger, it continually nags me to enable them.

That's in spite of:

  • my active choice
  • that notifications are a known security risk for those most in need of privacy

That's a dark pattern as well as bad #UX, which undermines my faith in the team and their motives.

#DarkPatterns #Signal

8petros, to random Galician

Co to są te całe ? Ktoś poratuje wiedzą?

timorl,
@timorl@social.wuatek.is avatar

@8petros Zwykle się tak mówi jak ktoś używa wiedzy o UXie żeby spowodować dane zachowania użytkowników wbrew ich interesom. Sztandarowy przykład to przycisk “zgódź się na wszelkie możliwe śledzenie” jako wielki zielony przicisk, a “odmów” z szarym napisem na szarym tle. Mimo że sztandarowy, dalece nie najgorszy, w miarę powszechne są też np. “zgódź się na wszystko” vs “ręcznie odznacz każdego śledzącego i potem naciśnij szary przycisk żeby zapisać, bo zielony wciąż mówi że się zgadzasz na wszystko” – co jest niby nielegalne w UE. Powyższy przykład jest w konteście zgód na śledzenie, ale samo pojęcie może być używane wszędzie gdzie interfejs użytkownika jest zaprojektowany tak że musisz zużyć dużo skupienia by wybrać opcję która jest dla ciebie lepsza, a “najmniejsza linia oporu” idzie w stronę interesów twórcy danego softu zamiast użytkowników.

Czasem ludzie używają tego pojęcia nieco szerzej żeby obejmowało również np. wybory typu “zgadzam się/zapytaj później” (bez możliwości permanentnej odmowy) i inne które całkiem uniemożliwiają podjęcie decyzji dobrej dla użytkownika.

8petros,

W mojej szczęśliwie byłej pracy (poważna instytucja naukowa IT) próbowałem programistów i designerów zainteresować tematem etycznego projektowania (nie znając jeszcze tego terminu). Reakcja była obojętna z nutą oburzenia, że przecież nikt takich rzeczy świadomie nie robi, a w ogóle o co chodzi z ta etyką.

Tak się cieszę, że już pracuję.

Toolkit: The Digital Ethics Compass

br00t4c, to free
@br00t4c@mastodon.social avatar

RealVNC is dropping its "Home" plan and barely noting its free "Lite" option

https://arstechnica.com/?p=2024689

mp, to random

Grad Abo gekündet.

Im letzten Schritt sind die Buttons so gestaltet, dass man aus Versehen wieder reaktiviert.

Öhm Fuck you - Damit ist meine Entscheidung Final - no more hellofresh - i hate .
(War grad wohlwollend am testen des Angebotes)

Anachron, to random
@Anachron@fosstodon.org avatar

Here is a good video showcasing , and why everything is getting worse:

https://viewtube.io/watch?v=wVYG1mu8Lg8

paninid, to random
@paninid@mastodon.world avatar

Hi, by the way, if you heard about “” and got really excited, it’s you…you’re the problem.

https://youtu.be/wVYG1mu8Lg8?feature=shared

eldamir, to random
@eldamir@hachyderm.io avatar

"master" branches are now called "main" branches to not be offensive.

are now called to not be offensive.

Now I'm afraid of my website theming... Will I need to have a "light theme" and a "deceptive theme" soon? 🤔

josh, to privacy
@josh@sideofburritos.social avatar

I filed my taxes over the weekend, and I was amazed at the dark patterns TurboTax gets away with to try to convince you to give up your data. The wording and style is similar to other legitimate tasks you need to complete in the final review stage.

Once you click review and sign, you're presented with a disclosure of what you're signing.

10xreloaded,
@10xreloaded@mastodon.social avatar

@josh Ever since TurboTax lawsuit and all the other strange things they do, I've been using FreeTaxUSA and like it a lot more.

josh,
@josh@sideofburritos.social avatar

@10xreloaded Nice, thanks! I'll have to check that out next year.

eob, to random
@eob@social.coop avatar

India has taken a significant step towards protecting consumer rights by banning . These manipulative design tactics undermine user choice and are now illegal under new regulations

https://bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/dark-patterns-are-now-illegal-in-india-6b3c35c5ce50

This development signals a growing awareness of the need for ethical design practices.

Patterns banned include:

False Urgency
Basket Sneaking
Confirm Shaming
Forced Action
Subscription Trap
Interface Interference
Bait and Switch
Disguised Advertisement
Nagging

ModelMakerVille,

@eob

Probably also ties in with their increasingly authoritarian path and undermining of democracy.

eob,
@eob@social.coop avatar

@ModelMakerVille The EU has some regulations against deceptive UIs, and the EU is democratic, so I don't see any evidence that these types of regulations are related to any lack of democracy.

janeadams, to ai
@janeadams@vis.social avatar

52 pages of community comments in a year and Spotify still hasn't done anything about forced "Smart Shuffle" on their app 🥴 Give a lil upvote if you can

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/Mobile-Other-Smart-Shuffle-toggle-setting-in-settings-menu/idi-p/5533279

ovan, to privacy

Stop this madness! Sharing my data with 1532 "partners" is not valuing my privacy.

  • Analytics should only be used for the website or service. No data should be sold, or transferred to 3rd parties.
  • Any primary action must default to the most privacy preserving setting.

Appreciate your boost if you also think it's about time the @EU_Commission worked on an update of the rules.

ryanrandall, to UX
@ryanrandall@hcommons.social avatar

Gentle reminder that, compared to the phrase " ", is:

  • more accurate
  • less laden with unnecessary racist & colonial baggage from the Enlightenment
  • already established within conversations by the website https://www.deceptive.design/about-us , who prudently changed their name due to this whole set of concerns.

Thanks everyone for considering this small-but-important wording improvement.

Now back to doing whatever awesomeness you were doing!

siblingpastry, (edited )
@siblingpastry@mastodon.world avatar

@ryanrandall I don't believe there's any racist or colonial baggage in that term, it's a co-incidence that it uses the same word as other terms which do have racist and colonial baggage.

But deceptive pattern is a more descriptive term, and if it benefits other perceptions too then I still think that's a good thing.

siblingpastry,
@siblingpastry@mastodon.world avatar

@jerry507

I think it's a day/night analogy, same as "dark side of the force", harking back to primeval fears about lack of sunlight

@ryanrandall @keira_reckons

jasonpettus, to UX
@jasonpettus@mastodon.cloud avatar

India has officially outlawed nine types of , including saying "Hurry, only X amount left;" adding "processing fees;" adding dire language to opt-out buttons ("No, I'd rather not protect my purchase"); forcing people to agree to a EULA; forcing people to call a phone number to unsubscribe; using confusing opt-out language ("No, don't unsubscribe me"); blending ads into editorial content; and forcing people to click "remind me later" every day. https://bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/dark-patterns-are-now-illegal-in-india-6b3c35c5ce50

markwyner, to india
@markwyner@mas.to avatar
MayInToronto,

@markwyner This is awesome! I hope they enforce it.

moonthesun,

@markwyner wow this IS huge!! Dark patterns (now that i know from reading the article what the heck that is, are everywhere!)

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • provamag3
  • InstantRegret
  • mdbf
  • ethstaker
  • magazineikmin
  • GTA5RPClips
  • rosin
  • thenastyranch
  • Youngstown
  • osvaldo12
  • slotface
  • khanakhh
  • kavyap
  • DreamBathrooms
  • JUstTest
  • Durango
  • everett
  • cisconetworking
  • Leos
  • normalnudes
  • cubers
  • modclub
  • ngwrru68w68
  • tacticalgear
  • megavids
  • anitta
  • tester
  • lostlight
  • All magazines