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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Strange user interface design
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 21:33:21 -0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 14:19:26 +0300, Anton Shepelev wrote:

> Railroad ticket-vending machines here in Russia play a dirty trick on
> anybody wishing to buy a physical ticket, instead of adding funds to a
> transport card.

The term for that is “dark patterns”.