Comment on YSK about Darkpatterns.games, a website that rates mobile games on their "Dark patterns"

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ericbomb@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Yeah I did the Spanish for months and it was like “You’re so high level!” but I realized as soon as I stepped back that I mostly had just gotten good at playing their games because they were formatted where the answers were generally obvious, to where I felt like just memorizing key words then trying to read children’s books would have been more helpful.

So yeah they for sure use a dozen dark patterns. Making you feel like your account is valuable, making you feel bad for skipping, giving you bonuses for playing on their schedule, and making you feel better at the language than you are.

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