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all of those anti features are nerd things that don't matter. i did this in my freshman year of college, it's sort of a play on apple's “privacy nutrition label" thing but for dark patterns.

this would be wayyyy more valuable than what they currently do, which is slap a label on a listing with “the upstream source code includes proprietary software”

App Store mockup. Includes a section “Dark Patterns”. This app may include designs used to manipulate you into performing actions against your best interests.

Scorecard: “Patterns Used to Deceive You. The following patterns may be used to attract and retain your attention.”
- Temporal
- Social
- Monetary
- Psychological

Dark Patterns detail screen.

Section 1: Temporal Dark Patterns. A temporal dark pattern is designed to get you to spend more time playing the game than you would have otherwise.
- Daily Rewards. Encourages return visits every day and punishes you for missing a day.
- Infinite Treadmill. Impossible to win or complete the game.

Section 2: Monetary Dark Patterns
(this section was cut off from the screenshot)

An app mockup nag screen: “Before you go, Michael, remember that you’ll lose ad-free videos, original shows, downloading, and background play.” Big button: Nevermind. Small button: “Continue to cancel”

On top of the app, a system sheet is presented: “Emotional Manipulation. This developer is obstructing your financial decision. Would you like us to cancel for you?”
Buttons: “Cancel Subscription” or “Dismiss”

Like 1 18 August at 17:56 | Open on hachyderm.io

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sam henri gold

present day me would improve this layout quite a bit but the past is the past. i was tired and was paying through the nose to make these designs for free. i got an A minus lmao

18 August at 18:01 | Open on hachyderm.io

Thomas

@samhenrigold there's also NeoStore: https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Store

The UI is not great, but I like it a lot more than FDroid, plus you can add other package sources.

19 August at 12:12 | Open on det.social

aekis

@samhenrigold I agree, the anti features in F-Droid are nerd things that don't matter to many of its users, but then again, the dark pattern labels in your screenshots would also be almost useless on F-Droid - because I never once encountered an app there that exibits any of them. For F-Droid such things are not an anti-feature to mention in the catalog, they are reason to never include an app with them in the catalog in the first place.
And I really appreciate the F-Droid team for that.

19 August at 8:36 | Open on chaos.social