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by urbandw311er 73 days ago
The idea of Google lecturing anybody about hijacking UI for dark patterns is absurd.

The company that hijacked an open source mobile OS and turned it into a closed source profit machine.

The company that hijacked the web so “accelerated mobile pages” could effect a walled garden.

The company that hijacked a browser and turned it into an anti-privacy tracking system.

It’s like R. Kelly giving a keynote on safeguarding minors.

EDIT: …but, yes, to be clear, I loathe the hijacking of back buttons too. Just a shame I have to read this sanctimonious shit from a company with such a terrible track record on trust.