Some bad app patterns as some followers described them
Graphics is a big part of it. It also tries to make you purchase random things that have nothing to do with answering trivia questions. pic.twitter.com/hLDhd2QIbG
— Meher Kasam (@MeherKasam) August 28, 2020
"PicJointer Photo Collage Maker", a low end app which just makes one jpeg from several jpegs, is "free"
— Jo Shields (@directhex) August 27, 2020
with a 1 week trial
then costs more than a Netflix sub
So many dark patterns in games. I remember downloading Tiny Tower back in the day and being blown away that you would be told to stop playing and come back in an hour to play more. We made a house rule that we don't play games with gems, they're all optimized for addiction/profit
— Tom Finnigan (@tomfinnigan) August 27, 2020
YouTube's _agressive_ prompts to pay instead of ads led me to delete it. Despise it.
— Kevin Jones 🏳️🌈 (@vcsjones) August 27, 2020
I generally avoid games that are not on Apple Arcade. Every game I've downloaded desperately pushes micro transactions to make progress after a few hours of investment.
My daughter downloaded a free quiz game, that started charging a subscription of $60 per WEEK.
— Cam Foale (@kibibu) August 28, 2020
Legit apps do some shit stuff. Grab (car hire) recently threw up a screen as I was booking a car and I thought I was dismissing it, but what I was doing was enrolling in an insurance scheme for an extra $.30 per ride going forward and no idea how to turn it off.
— Alan Graham: he’s just this guy, you know? (@agraham999) August 27, 2020
Top-rated Sudoku app on the App Store had you accept a privacy policy which contained language that they tracked your location while playing. Sudoku!
— Mihai Chereji (@croncobaurul) August 28, 2020
You can read more in the replies to my request a few weeks ago:
Have you downloaded an app and had an unsavory experience? Scammy, swindley, dark patterny? Share with me your bad experiences.
— Miguel de Icaza (@migueldeicaza) August 27, 2020
Posted on 23 Sep 2020