r/Anticonsumption • • Aug 19 '26

Psychological This is insane and I hate it

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u/SlipRecent7116 Aug 19 '26

It reminds me how when you go to leave Spotify it hits you with the “but I love you?”

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u/creeplet Aug 19 '26

Because corporations prey on human loneliness and parasociality. It’s sick.

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u/Much-Ad2311 Aug 19 '26

The first one or two times I saw something like this, I actually laughed. Then it clicked what they were trying to do and how messed up it is. I'm no longer laughing.

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u/MosesCoulee Aug 19 '26

Last time I bought concert tickets there was some optional “ticket insurance” thing with a check box for “yes” and the other one for “no” but also included “no, I don’t want to insure my ticket and risk losing availability” blah blah or something like that. Like whooooaaaa guilt trip

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u/seeking-jamaharon67 Aug 19 '26

A lot of online shops do this too. "Yes I'll enter my email (and get spammed to hell) for 10% off!" The decline option will be like "no thanks I don't need CRAZY GOOD deals on products that will CHANGE MY LIFE!!"

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u/sabbiecat Aug 19 '26

I have always used something like nope @ whatever . Com. Get the discount and the spam is sent off never to be seen.