Reply to post: Re: A Prime example

The seven deadly sins of the 2010s: No, not pride, sloth, etc. The seven UI 'dark patterns' that trick you into buying stuff

Michael Wojcik Silver badge

Re: A Prime example

Just try avoiding Amazon Prime on checkout

I see other people complaining about this, but to be honest I've never had this problem. Not sure what I'm doing differently. I don't have Prime and just ignore the requests to subscribe to it.

Amazon is under the persistent delusion that I'm currently a student and keeps trying to get me to sign up for their student deal, but I just decline that when it shows up. I actually enjoy that a bit; it's a reminder that their data harvesting and analysis are still flawed.

(I'm not particularly keen on buying from Amazon, but my entire family like to use it for gift lists and such, and I've had difficulties with gift-buying from some other online vendors. I do generally try local shops first.)

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