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by WesolyKubeczek 1873 days ago
Seriously, I'm used to a bit of contemplation before I hit that final "Buy" and proceed to the payment gateway. I like it. I like that I have to enter my billing/shipping addresses. Decide if I want an invoice for a business or an individual. Think again. Go-around hunting for a better option one last time.

Lately, I've had a harrowing experience of misclicking on Amazon. The bastards have put "Add to Cart" and "Buy with 1-Click" so close together that I clicked Buy thinking I was adding to the cart.

I promptly got emails about my order having been finalized. No confirmations, no whatnot. Like those annoying traffic lights on some streets that go straight from red to green, without amber in between. I felt a bit robbed. True, I wanted to buy the stuff, so I didn't cancel, but damn it, not like this.

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If you don’t cancel the purchase on principle, it was the correct (revenue maximising) design.

Not that I can talk, this is how I started my print subscription.

For them it was correct. Not for me. For me, it was abrupt.

I'm going to adblock the "buy with 1-click" button.