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This is a community for designs specifically crafted to make the experience worse for the user. This can be due to greed, apathy, laziness or just downright scumbaggery.

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OneDrive disguising the "Buy now" button using the Cancel color scheme (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by PoolloverNathan@programming.dev to c/assholedesign@lemmy.world

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[–] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Software Engineers and UX/UI Designers need a code of ethics, like yesterday.

Yes, business is ultimately to blame, but those folks are beyond saving - they will never ever ever put the brakes on an initiative that could make more money legally. Unless there's blowback from an ethics board / professionals in charge of implementing their dark patterns.