dark patterns

As I was reading articles of dark patterns, I was very surprised at how companies go out of their way to get consumers to buy their products. Although I was surprised, I at the same time, I wasn't. This is because these days all companies care about is to get you to buy their products and devour all your money.

The thing that most shocked me was the a a video made about amazon. In this video, it shows how ridiculously hard it was to try to delete a subscription account. The fact that you have to specifically know which buttons to click, says how far companies are willing to go to make as much money as possible.

I have personally been through this experience because anytime I go online shopping, there is always adds or promotions that pop up claiming that a product is at an all time low price, and that just makes you want to buy it. I have also experienced that I buy a product on a website, and it says that the next time you purchase something, you will get 10 dollars off. This instantly makes me want to go back a couple days later and wan to purchase something.

I can say that I have learned a lot throughout this research and I am very happy to have this new knowledge in my brain!