A presentation by Harry Brignull on Dark Patterns. Includes examples from Apple, Post-office.co.uk, Royal Mail, Santander, Quora, Twitter, The Ladders, JustFab, Next.co.uk and M&S.

Apple
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Royal Mail Group
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Santander
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Quora
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Twitter
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Harry Brignull
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July 23, 2013

iPhone users are nagged to sign up to Apple Pay

Apple
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BEERLEAGUERED
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October 31, 2019

Upgraded to iOS 14. Apple says "setup hey Siri" and has "setup later in settings" under it in small text Tap that, then continue with normal Siri Giant red 1 on settings Have to repeat above Also have to reenable dictation on my keyboard.

Apple
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JoinMyFramily0118999
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November 6, 2020

There is no option to select no, there are only options to “try now” or “later.”

Apple
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Gray et al.
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March 10, 2017

OSX warns its user that disk space is almost full and that they should optimize their storage space. When the user chooses to optimize storage, it pushes the use of iCloud on the user.

Apple
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Gray et al.
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February 2, 2017

When confirming preferences to 'Allow Apps to Request to Track', the text is confusing and does not make it clear whether apps are not allowed to track the user, or won’t have to ask before tracking them.

Apple
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airavn
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September 17, 2020

"The wildest part is that this approach by Apple is actually a concession to appease various antitrust investigations around the world. Instead of rejecting Netflix’s app or forcing them to give Apple 30% at least now Apple just scares users. How gracious."

Apple
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Dare Obasanjo
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July 24, 2022