Patrick Howell O'Neill on Nostr: Here’s a very specific dark pattern that I bet has made Google many millions: Some ...

Here’s a very specific dark pattern that I bet has made Google many millions: Some old folks install Google Photos on their iPhone, it basically automatically backs up photos and even if you turn off backup it bombards you with prompts to back up photos. That’s generally unnecessary but old folks do it. Then their Google account has no storage left and they’re bombarded with prompts to subscribe for more storage which they do so they can still read their email because the prompts threaten them with loss of access to GMail.