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by georgeott 3222 days ago
Expedia? The #1 Dark Patterns? Wow, this should end well.
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linnkedin is #1 for dark pattern
Booking.com takes the cake. "5 more people are looking at this property right now! Book now! This is our best price!"

Two days later, it's the same damn message

You've clearly never booked a flight with Ryanair ;-)
Can't say I agree. They upsell heavily, but it's not that confusing to navigate and avoid the extras.
Just don't try and change anything on the flight after booking. I had to cancel a flight and although Ryanair won't refund you the ticket price, they will refund the taxes. However interestingly their administration fee for the refund was exactly the same as the amount of taxes I was due to be refunded, so I got nothing.
I don't think they are nearly as bad as they used to be - pretty sure the "I don't want to buy travel insurance" is no longer half way down a list of countries!
Snapchat is atleast in that race.