[Reuters] Amazon duped millions of consumers into enrolling in Prime, US FTC says

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The FTC said Amazon used “manipulative, coercive or deceptive user-interface designs known as ‘dark patterns’ to trick consumers into enrolling in automatically renewing Prime subscriptions.”

Specific details on those “dark patterns”:

1. Misdirection
2. Confirm-shaming
3. Obstruction, or the “Roach Motel”
4. Interface interference
5. Forced action
6. Sneaking

Here are the six 'dark pattern' tricks that Amazon used to get and keep...