Good write up from NSW Fair Trading regarding sneaky marketing tactics to take money from our wallets!
OzBargain is not one of them
https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/fair-trading…
Dark Patterns - Ozb Should Be Mandatory for All Online Shoppers
LOvapoweredqcumba on 30/07/2025 - 16:15
Comments
The article needs to be updated to include all the stuff that Temu does.
Wouldn't surprise me if knowledge of OZB correlated strongly with spending more money on things you don't need.
My Supercheap Auto credit is about to expire. This seems like another dark pattern. Get credited $5 for every $100 you spend yet the credit has a measly 1 month expiry!
If sell at 1/2 price and get triple the sales volume is a method Ozbargain would definitely be guilty of enabling