The world wide web is a tricky place. Websites take advantage of “dark patterns” to trick users into doing things they might not want to do in order to benefit the website/service in question. Disguised ads, hidden costs or forced continuity are just some examples of “dark patterns”.
To learn more about “dark patterns”, check out Nerdwriter’s video below. Go a bit more in-depth here. Don’t want to use YouTube? Here’s the Hooktube link…