A glossary of dirty tricks websites use against their readers

Dark patterns are sneaky tricks websites use to fool users into doing things they don't want to do. This video and glossary describes a number of the manipulative ruses and gives some examples.


Forced Continuity

Sneak into Basket

Roach Motel
You get into a situation very easily, but then you find it is hard to get out of it (e.g. a premium subscription).

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