Amazon Checkout. This should be illegal.
Amazon Checkout. This should be illegal.
That is not 2 separate buttons on the right, like I initially thought clicking through checkout.
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I don't understand why there is so much defense for this in the comments. Amazon is a huge company with professional design teams, if part of their checkout process is even a little misleading in favor of an upsell it is definitely intentional.
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Yes. That's Amazon using dark patterns. This demonstrates that enshittification is not confined to social media.
Ooop, it may have happened even before Twitter, Reddit etc.
From Corey Doctorow: Ultimately, it doesn't matter if Amazon's enshittification is because [Jeff] Bezos was a cynic or because he sold out. Once Amazon could make more money by screwing its customers, that screw-job became a fait accompli.
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Saying it’s a weak example of asshole design does not equate to defending Amazon.
It’s possible for Amazon to be extremely predatory and shitty, as well as this not being a very good example of how shitty they are, at the same time.
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Possible yes, but does that really seem like reality to you in this situation? It doesn't to me.
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I really don’t get it. They’re offering an upsell. At worst it’s minorly annoying.
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I would assume they need to list the price of the upsell on that same page. I'm just speculating though; I'm not familiar with the relevant laws and haven't read the suit either.
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