A retail dark pattern worked on me(rubenerd.com)
3 pointsby 7777777phil7 hours ago1 comment
  • like_any_other6 hours ago
    > a notice popped up alongside the item claiming that it was the last one in stock [..] the very next day the page refreshed, and they claimed to have restocked with “100+” new items of that exact SKU. On a weekend. Sure.

    How is this not fraud? If a stock exchange faked availability this way, they'd go to jail.

    • akagusuan hour ago
      Personally I think it is a fraud but legally I'm not aware of any law that make this situation a fraud.

      Of course a lawyer could use the same analogy you did in the court, but can you prove in the court they did it?

      I know they did, you know they did, but prove it to the court is very difficult.

      • like_any_otheran hour ago
        That's what discovery and witnesses are for. If you merely call the devs that implemented it to the stand, it is unlikely they'd be willing to commit perjury to cover for their bosses.