04-26-2024, 11:46 AM | #2641 |
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04-26-2024, 11:47 AM | #2642 |
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I disagree with not liking the book because it has review garbage. Plenty of books I've read and enjoyed had review garbage in the blurb.
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04-26-2024, 01:44 PM | #2643 |
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04-26-2024, 01:48 PM | #2644 |
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Depends on what was indicated where clicked.
Think abvout all the Sites you visit to Download something that are loaded with OTHER 'Download' buttons (really Ads placed by their service host) Amazon puts the Series link up at the top, under the Author (also a link to all book by) On the (specific) Book Page |
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04-26-2024, 02:18 PM | #2646 |
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Deceptive design patterns, better known as "dark patterns."
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04-26-2024, 03:16 PM | #2647 |
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Looks like the sting of the FTC dark patterns lawsuit has started to wear off. I guess the return of the incessant nags to subscribe to prime is next.
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04-26-2024, 03:25 PM | #2648 |
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04-26-2024, 03:28 PM | #2649 |
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04-26-2024, 03:32 PM | #2650 |
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For some time now most amazon reviews have "read more" even when the rest of the review uses less space than the "read more" and much more of long reviews is shown.
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04-26-2024, 03:34 PM | #2651 |
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That I can't argue with. Placing review quotes and other bits that don't tell me about the contents of the book before any information about the book is annoying at best.
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04-26-2024, 03:36 PM | #2652 |
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No. Just clever website design by Amazon (against the consumer). To be fair, I was distracted at work. But there's a big orange button for 'buy the whole shebang' and a little plain text link for 'look first', exacerbated by 1-Click.
Yes it is. You know, I moved to buying most of my books from Kobo. I bought this book at Amazon because it is an indie that is part of KU. I have my gripes with how Kobo's website is designed (why is the 'purchase confirmation' page so useless?) but man, I sure prefer buying there to buying from Amazon. Last edited by ZodWallop; 04-26-2024 at 04:10 PM. |
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