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0 pointsChadNauseam3mo ago0 comments

The situation you describe has dynamics that don't apply when your windows laptop is trying to get you to install an update. A woman can't have 100% confidence that saying no won't trigger a man into rage, so just the question being asked at all is already a bit unpleasant. WinRAR trying to get me to buy a license is not as offensive because I know it won't beat me up for saying no.

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doubled1123mo ago

Of course. Claiming this is a 1:1 would be wrong.

However, do you think people accept Microsoft backup because they want a backup?

Or do you think they click yes because it makes the popup go away for good?

Wearing me down until I say yes isn’t the same as just yes.

It’s the same dark pattern for the 10-11 upgrade. My father in law managed to upgrade by accident because it kept popping up. He didn’t really make an informed choice for himself. One day he just couldn’t figure out why everything was different.

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