"User-hostile design" isn't just ads and hard-to-find cancel buttons.
App devs have learned they don't profit from adding features users say they want—they make money by analyzing usage patterns, then adding features to maximize "engagement" (YOUR time/energy spent in the app). That's user-hostile.
App devs have learned they don't profit from adding features users say they want—they make money by analyzing usage patterns, then adding features to maximize "engagement" (YOUR time/energy spent in the app). That's user-hostile.
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Well meaning people engage with this junk, driven to extreme frustration and left unable to access what they need.