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Dark patterns were very common in the early 200s as well, unfortunately. Remember popops, pop-unders, and sites that intentionally broke the back button? There were plenty of shitty experiences created by developers back then, but they hadn't learned all the tricks.

I was thinking about this the other day: Does anyone else remember when sites made the "log in" form more prominent than the "sign up" form? That made perfect sense, because there are more returning users to your website than new users, and they'll need to log in right away. But that was such a long time ago - now developers have learned to practically hide the login page to make the signup more prominent and optimize your new user funnel. Often the latter is the only form on the homepage, and the former is a tiny link to click. It still annoys me.