darkpatterns

Downdetector wants to issue a cloudlfare challenge, but cannot because of the current cloudflare outage. Instead of letting me through or supplying a useful error message, this is what it says. As if I, and my ad blocker, are to blame.


Screenshot reads:

downdetector.com
Please unblock challenges.cloudflare.com to proceed.

#tech #dev #web #DarkPatterns #DownDetector #cloudflare #CloudflareOutage #EverythingIsBroken

I am 100% convinced just from my own experiences that tech companies are knowingly, purposely putting "AI" buttons and links near commonly-used buttons or links in user interfaces to encourage accidental clicking and increase their usage numbers. AI usage numbers are dismal, and surveys repeatedly show large majorities of people do not want these features.

#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #DarkPatterns #UI #UX #UserInterface #tech #dev

"This page has expired. Please click refresh."

Oh? It smelled fine to me.

#web #internet #DarkPatterns #surveillance

At some point Google Drive started preventing the context menu from appearing when you right-click something. I installed a browser extension that re-enabled this function. The modern web is quite tiresome.

#tech #dev #web #DarkPatterns #GoogleDrive

A web site just blocked me because I solved one of those sliding jigsaw puzzle captchas too quickly.

#tech #dev #web #captcha #cybersecurity #infosec #SecurityTheater #DarkPatterns