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A "Message Echo" textbox that makes it look like you can get a response to a prompt without logging in, only to redirect to the sign-up page. Such a classic dark pattern - and such a sure way to get me to leave your site immediately.

I've literally taken one step on your website - the one your site design invited me to take - and immediately got tripped up. I'm not coming back.

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Yep, same. I hate these dark patterns so much and I genuinely couldn't care less about this product anymore :D

removing it now

Thanks.

Since you are fixing dark patterns, can you also put data privacy links somewhere other than on the gdpr banner?

Once clicked is impossible to see them, or at least I could not find them.

good catch, on it too now!

On the other hand, the creator would need to pay for those initial queries. This also invites for misues that sum up to large bill for the creator.

I dont know, it's something I can understand as someone also building AI stuff

Then the creator should have a sign up button, not a fake chatbox.

This dark pattern is reminiscent of those online test sites in the 2000's where you spend 10 minutes filling out some quiz, then get prompted for an email address to see the results.

https://chat.mistral.ai/chat <- let me chat and actually responded without signing up.

MoonshotAI had this fake chat box dark pattern.

So I signed up with Mistral instead.

Just don't use this dark pattern and rather be clear sign up is reqired, but comes with 10$ of free credits and no strings attached?

Just dont' put a fucking fake chat box there. not that hard.

Nobody asked it to be for free.

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