darkpattern.games

benignintervention, rok temu do games w DarkPattern.games - a website that rates mobile games for their "dark patterns"

Cool cool cool. The dark games list is basically all the play store recommendations

Aethr, rok temu

Keep in mind that the recommendations are likely influenced by being in the top 200, which is where they look for games to review. Careful of correlation fallacy

PlzGivHugs, rok temu (edited rok temu)

At the same time, the goal of dark patterns to to make people spend more money. Given that revenue is very likely one of the key things Google wants (and thus promotes) out of apps, its also entirely expected that the apps people find are largely those who try and get the most money from users, which requires dark patterns.

benignintervention, rok temu

Exactly. I’m not blaming Google entirely, though I do condemn them for being an example of what emerges from a system who’s only incentive is maximum profit.

KingOfSleep, rok temu do games w DarkPattern.games - a website that rates mobile games for their "dark patterns"

From the link:

Definition: A gaming dark pattern is something that is deliberately added to a game to cause an unwanted negative experience for the player with a positive outcome for the game developer.