[atomicbeanie]

I don’t wish to be too much of a fly in the ointment. I understand the darkness of dark patterns. But if we wish to not be secretly tracked (which is dark), then isn’t the alternative to openly ask if I want to exchange knowledge of my identity in exchange for the content I seek, so they can target the ads that pay for the content aggregation service I am using? The preceding question mark is not rhetorical. Maybe I am missing something? In the end though, Cat picture or not, the people that provide the service need to get paid.

[cyanydeez]

Sure, but with reddit,their pattern is to push you to their app.

If they were just trying to wrangle a user into a simple adnetwork proposition, _why can't they do that with a webapp_.

It's because they want far more privacy invasive features.

[atomicbeanie]

Yes, I agree, logging in is different than forcing people to use installed software.