
False Lights, Shipwrecks and Dark UX: Why Tricking Customers Backfires
Cornish wrecking folklore gave us false lights on dangerous coasts. Modern dark patterns do something similar online — improving a metric while making the experience worse.
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Cornish wrecking folklore gave us false lights on dangerous coasts. Modern dark patterns do something similar online — improving a metric while making the experience worse.

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