What are some of the worst dark patterns you've seen?
I will go first- sneaking in membership fees while making a purchase; urban company recently got some flak for it.
Uber designers (or PMs) why are you trying to get rid of the ride search cancel button? Found a ride faster and cheaper ride on Namma Yatri but can't cancel until Uber decides it's ok to do so!
Won't be surprised if this leads to accidental bookings and shifting the onus on the rider to pay a "cancellation" fee.
Why chase vanity metrics at the expense of the user experience? Switchers gonna switch.
Uber has already added enough friction to ride cancellation flow. This is on another level ๐ค
You can click on Ride Details button given on the screenshot. They have hidden the ride cancel button underneath there
Adding on to this, Zomato recently made it more difficult to see the breakup of the order amount as you have to scroll down to the bottom & then click on the total to see the full breakup. Why do PMs take such decisions or is it the pressure of management that forces them to make such changes?
Usually happens when decisions are not challenged enough or over indexed on data at the expense of user experience
These kind of decisions really make me question the future of my profession.
Eventually all profitable companies will end up doing some shady stuff. Especially when margins start becoming thin or investors money is running out.
All professions will have this problem, switching to any other field ain't gonna solve things
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I hate Rapido for their really shitty dark patterns when you try to cancel a ride
Did not expect Uber to do this too :/
I will go first- sneaking in membership fees while making a purchase; urban company recently got some flak for it.
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