It’s been a while since I last downloaded anaconda. But I remember when clicking on the download page, it would show the usual “choose your OS > download binary” (eg this archived version in 2019).

Recently I helped someone else set it up and it showed a form to put on email, with smaller gray text near the bottom of the form about skipping it.

Does this count as a dark pattern?

  • Em Adespoton
    52·
    5 months ago

    They hit two dark patterns out of a possible seven.

    I should make a browser plug-in that finds dark patterns and reverses them.

      • Em Adespoton
        60·
        5 months ago

        First two: using color and button size/placement to guide clicks

        The ones they didn’t do:

        • Misdirection of reason for interacting with elements
        • pre-selecting the checkbox
        • making the background elements a clickbox
        • using colors to scare user into a certain action
        • using text to scare user into a certain action