Dark Pattern: Substack Subscription Pricing
Read OriginalThe article analyzes a deceptive UI/UX pattern on Substack where subscription prices for newsletters are not displayed upfront. It details a discovered workaround—adding an invalid coupon parameter to the subscribe URL—to reveal pricing tiers, using examples from 'The Pragmatic Engineer' and 'Berm Peak' newsletters. The piece critiques this lack of transparency as a dark pattern in web design.
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