For this whole spring have I clicked hundeds of times that I’m aware that my trial is ending
This is... not quite related to the topic, no? Trial ending warning is not a "hey, here's a new feature you might want to try out".
They also introduced a new feature that they promote on a space that takes literally half the screen
Could you elaborate? I used to use Edge as my daily driver, now it's my secondary browser. I have no clue what you mean here.
In a world without dark design patterns, there would be a single pop-up when you first install the application, to ask if you want notifications and/or suggestions for new features
This is exactly how it works in things like Office or Edge.
If you click “no”, it should never bother you again unless you go into a menu and opt in
Yup. Or unless a new feature is introduced, in which case a new pop-up appears. That's precisely how it works.
Ideally, that pop-up wouldn’t even exist. They could just have a collective “don’t bother me again” checkbox on every non-essential notification
Edge, most of the time, just opens a new tab with "Your Edge was updated" and a list of new things.
If your user has already indicated that they are not interested, any further pestering is essentially harassment.
If it was about the same feature that you already dismissed - yeah, I get the sentiment. If it's about completely new things - it's a really weird thing to say. How are users supposed to know that something new was introduced? Sift through thousands of lines of changelogs...?
The difference is in convenience.
On the one hand, you can add a page to your bookmarks, after choosing the correct folder, of course.
On the other hand, you can click a button and a page gets automatically saved in your "read later" storage, with a description, summary, and a preview of the content.
On Firefox? I’ve used it for years and this is the first time I hear of Pocket
And then people get all pissy when Google or Microsoft show a pop-up of a new feature...
You don't need to stare directly into the ball of fire to determine where the Sun is. All you need is the flashes of light through the leaves - and you CAN see that in the jungle.
How the heck do you find north based on your watch?
I live in north Manchester so I know Manchester is south
What if you go on a trip to Thailand and get turned around in the jungle?
Or I can look at the sun if not midday and figure it out
That gives you a very approximate direction.
Bold of you to assume it will be a fair election.
Jasmine Crockett seems to be "AOC but sarcastic".
You're talking nonsense, is what you're talking about.
What does a genre drying up have to do with IP or copyright? Like, are you even reading your own words?
Strangling out smaller studios any way possible
Supergiant Games, CDPR, Larian, Sandfall Interactive and every single indie creator out there clearly haven't been informed of how horrible their situation is. Maybe you should contact them and let them know that the 10/10 games they've been making are impossible to make due to copyright and IP protection laws?
Eh it’s all just stolen and borrowed code
Got proof? Go and win the easiest lawsuit of your life.
Not how that works
It's exactly how it works. You can patent the code, the solution, the material, whatever the fuck you want. That's what a patent IS.
You keep switching between moral and legal arguments. They are not the same.
Oh, do elaborate!
Deflection
Example of a similar thought-process.
Strawman
Huh? That wasn't an argument, mate, that was an assumption and a question. Are you OK?
I still kinda' hope I'd get an answer, though.
Literally mirroring your words back at you
Well, not "literally" and not quite "mirroring". I think you need some rest, mate, you seem tired and unfocused.
Thanks for this! I would've completely missed the 2FA update without this post!