FAKE FREE stuff: create an account, hit arbitrary milestone, refer 5 friends
SPIN THE WHEEL TO GET A DISCOUNT: FAKE RNG
EMAIL NEWSLETTER ONBOARDING
EMAIL NEWSLETTER SPAMMING
HEALTHLINE WEBSITE SENDS YOU TO 2003 website if you decline cookies
COOKIE POP UPS ALMOST FORCE U TO ACCEPT
ONE TIME A COOKIE WINDOW HAD 1 BUTTON TO ACCEPT and MANUALLY DECLINE 200+ PROVIDERS TO DECLINE
DISCOUNT CENTERED MARKET: In the netherlands, groceries are expensive by default and rely on discounts to be competitive and comparable to other countries pricing.
Fandom Wiki is a stupid corporatized version of normal wikis with more than 50% of your screen space covered in ads and autoplay videos its truly bad.
Fake countdowns: u have 1 hour to complete the purchase to get the discount
Fake download buttons: ads that pretend to be part of the things
GUY COULDN't sue disneyland for killing his wife, because he had a disney+ account
FAKE SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISONS
PAID PRODUCT REVIEWS
CLICKBAIT REVIEWS
ultra sped up disclaimer at the end of advertisment to legally suffice but noone can understand all the mold u just said
disclaimer overload with asterisks in any ad or marketing
Forced ads instead of productive overviews when trying to buy something
hiding actual specs behind meaningless marketing words when buying tech: Apple does this a lot what the fuck is a dynamic island
Apple naming their features goofy stuff like Center Stage, Taptic Engine, Dynamic Island
Apple naming existing features propriety names: Promotion being 120hz, Magsafe, Airdrop
Apple naming their colour options crazy abstract vague concepts like Starlight grey, Space black, Cloud white,
Apple naming: ceramic shield
All day battery life being like 4 hours in inefficient laptops
EVERY AI COMPANY EVER CALLING THEIR NEW MODEL THE BEST SO FAR
Statistics being purposely misleading to general public
'Starting at' being the worst version of the thing u just advertised
Major Mold
ONBOARDING EVERYWHERE JUST LET ME USE THE WEBSITE: OTTER AI, PLENNY SHAKE ONBOARDING,
LINKEDIN GAMIFIED CONNECTING
PAYWALL TO READ NEWS ARTICLES
PAYWALL TO READ SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE GATEKEPT KNOWLEDGE IN A DAY OF INFORMATION IS EMBARRASSING
NORMALIZED USE OF ULTRA LONG TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PRIVACY POLICIES TO SNEAK IN LEGAL OBLIGATIONS. NO HUMAN I KNOW READS THOSE BUT EVERYONE JUST ACCEPTS.
When it is OPT IN BY DEFAULT instead of OPT OUT BY DEFAULT.
Politicians being liars to get approval rates up
Buy now. pay later
72-term payment plan for small purchases like food
Useless chatbots that struggle to replace human contact
Instagram support being nonexistent and dodging accountability, hiding behing FAQ, clanker chatbots
Social media algorithms being designed with endless scrolling, engagement, echo chamber, retention, as the reward model, instead of good videos
Gaming companies like EA throwing competitive fairness out of the window to maximise retention, so basically enslaving users with EOMM engagement optimized matchmaking
Social media companies dont care about user privacy as much as making ad money
Social media that box you into an ecosystem, so for exmaple sharing can only be done interplatofrmly and not across platforms
apple ecosystem being a walled garden, very nice on the inside but u cant escape. Users might enjoy seamless integration, but the product design is very not cooperative with other manufactureres and android. like airtags being reduced functionality when using it on andorid. people who have all the apple stuff cant switch because they will lose their multi thousand dollar user ecperience
Subscriptions being 1000x harder to cancel than to sign up for
travel agencies asking 20 different additional services, and labeling the decline options as if you are making a grave mistake
tricking people into signing up for subscriptions, like opt-out subscription trojans isntead of deliberately signing up for a subscription
Social media links having a hash that links accounts so u just wanna share a funny meme but now your account is linked to the other and u gete the same feed and u try to make a joke but it doesnt hit with your friends because they already saw the video LUEK