[bovermyer]

The author of the post also calls out that the mistake was his, despite the occasional muttering about "dark UI patterns."

I spend a lot of time in AWS, and I have trained myself to be extra careful about reading the fine print when using the UI exactly for the reason the author describes.

The author calling out his own stupid mistakes elevates him in my eyes, not the reverse. Honesty and recognition of wrongdoing in oneself are important traits.

[znpy]

> The author of the post also calls out that the mistake was his, despite the occasional muttering about "dark UI patterns."

Yeah I saw that like, and lolled. The author does indeed admits his/her mistakes, but proceeds to kinda blame it on AWS anyway.

It's like like saying "look I am no racist but <insert some very bad racist phrase here>".

[asynch8]

But, so, at what point, like how many people have to experience making this mistake, does it have to be for it to become AWSs problem?

Everyone makes mistakes, you can either help them not make these mistakes or do nothing and blame it on the users.

[bovermyer]

That's a terrible analogy.

AWS's UI is bad. The author's mistake was exacerbated by this, even if it wasn't directly caused by it.