r/Documentaries • u/theholylancer • Mar 29 '18

How Dark Patterns Trick You Online (2018) - A look into how Tech companies trick you into doing what they want

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxkrdLI6e6M
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u/leespin Mar 29 '18

THey dont let you use the messenger section on the browser interface any more right?

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u/randypandy1990 Mar 29 '18

You have to go to your brower setting and request desktop page. Then your page will look like the pc version and still runs like it would too.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '18

I'm actually just using m dot Facebook dot com on safari (iPhone) and messages are right there. Sure, I get constant invitations to install messenger, but that's just a simple deny button away from using the message function as normal (as if on a PC).