Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoConsumer groups file complaint against SHEIN for dark patterns fuelling over-consumptionwww.beuc.euexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down13
arrow-up1130arrow-down1external-linkConsumer groups file complaint against SHEIN for dark patterns fuelling over-consumptionwww.beuc.euPro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squaremarkovs_gun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoEveryone does that all the time though. I can’t remember the last time I bought something online that wasn’t supposedly either the last one in stock or one of like 5 left. It’s obviously bullshit and everyone is doing it.
minus-squareandallthat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoIt’s one of those things where periodically someone gets sanctioned and a few others get scared and stop doing it (or tone it down) for a while. I guess SHEIN are either overdoing it or they crossed the popularity threshold where companies become more scrutinized
Everyone does that all the time though. I can’t remember the last time I bought something online that wasn’t supposedly either the last one in stock or one of like 5 left. It’s obviously bullshit and everyone is doing it.
It’s one of those things where periodically someone gets sanctioned and a few others get scared and stop doing it (or tone it down) for a while.
I guess SHEIN are either overdoing it or they crossed the popularity threshold where companies become more scrutinized