[catchmilk]

Personally, I'd like to see regulation being imposed on this.

I'm an engineer with an IT background, and I can confidently say that most (if not all) of my friends who do not come from the same background have no idea what dark patterns are. Some might have that natural skepticism that when they see a dark pattern, they recognize it without even knowing. But I would argue that most people still don't, especially the older generations.

False advertising is already a crime. We should also extend this to dark patterns. It would (i) clean up UIs from the incredibly annoying popups and 'urgency-invoking' messages, (ii) protect consumers from making irrational decisions and, (iii) force companies to put resources into growing the business legitimately and organically, rather than putting resources into shady practices