The number of dark patterns wrapped around both disabling auto shop and getting a return are going to make the current cookie nonsense look like a walk in the park.
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limer@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
My imagination thinks that in an AI shopping future, anyone who reads an article similar to this automatically buys a Micky Mouse plushie.
Did not want to ? That easy to fix: please go to your settings to turn off auto-shopping. Refunds work too, just ship it back
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 2 days ago
limer@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
“By clicking the ok button to activate this (critically important) site, you agree to allow us to make suggestions to the auto AI sales on your behalf”
Telorand@reddthat.com 2 days ago
Also, chargebacks aren’t zero-sum for the merchant. It costs them money on top of the cost of the sale, so enough people doing it would likely lead to legal action against the AI companies that negatively affect merchants’ bottom line.
limer@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
I was imagining this not as an isolated event but a statistical small failure doing normal business practices of the future.
And chargeback against Google or Microsoft causes account cancellation.
What you said makes sense for this year.