I bet there would be far fewer "dark patterns" in UI/UX if users were physically nearby to the devs - e.g. imagine we're all in one village together like the old days

the things i'd say to Ivan + his team right now for making me go through their 13-step process to cancel my $250/mo pro subscription

exploring. prev: @clankfun, improbable, github. https://ntik.me

This alone would make me not want to use them; so they just lost a potential customer. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Yes, don't have enough reach. But if you look on a macro scale, they're likely doing that to all the customers, and the net negative will eventually hurt them.

that's part of the point as well - most people don't care enough to complain to others about a dark pattern, or maybe they do but don't have enough reach on whatever social network they post on.