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by mumumu 1287 days ago
Something I realized is that the dark patterns change from country for country.

Brazilian websites uses patterns that aren't that common on American sites. All news organizations and all large e-commerce uses the browser's notification and localization API (some ask before trying).

To view the content on those sites, I need to deal with about 5 interruptions. The previously two, plus newsletter, "accept cookies" modal, "special offer" pop-up, "free shipping" sticky window.

And those are >1 bi usd companies.