It’s funny how they only want to repeatedly confirm your decision when you give the answer they don’t want.

Every time my Facebook messenger app updates it asks me to confirm my phone number (which it already has through some other method). It employs multiple dark patterns to trick me into confirming, and because of this I’ve very nearly done so by accident.

This stuff might be profitable in the short term but many of us see through it — especially the younger generations — and it’s eroding any trust you may still have with people.

Companies need to cut this shit out ASAP if they want to be trusted in the future.