Dark Patterns

BREAKING: Amazon to Reimburse the Planet for the Privilege of Accidentally Subscribing to Itself A Dispatch from the Bureau of “Wait, I Never Ordered This Dystopia” By the time you finish reading this sentence, six more people in six different time zones will have discovered a mysterious $14.99 charge on their credit-card statement labeled “Prime.”…

Amazon’s $25 Million Prime-Time Penalty: A Global Cautionary Tale About the Subscription Trap By the time you finish this sentence, another bleary-eyed customer in São Paulo will have clicked “yes” on a pre-checked box that quietly enrolls him in Amazon Prime. Somewhere in Lagos, a teenager will assume the “free trial” ends when the calendar…