[anon1385]

>It is surprising to me that this feels so negative to you. Every large social tech company - Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Groupon, LivingSocial (RIP), Tinder - have all used tactics similar to what you label 'dark patterns' to bootstrap their businesses.

That doesn't make it acceptable.

The people who fund, manage and work for these types of companies should be blacklisted in the industry.

[kevindeasis]

Seems like you want to make a black list that is very very long. It will be interesting to see groups who tries to blacklist these companies.

[TeMPOraL]

> Seems like you want to make a black list that is very very long.

Probably. But it's long exactly because people are not willing to blacklist as much as they should.

The market is under no obligation to respect you. In fact, competitive pressures push everyone towards exploiting you as much as it is possible. So the limit of crap we're being served is the same as what we're willing to endure.