Apps News Ftc Study Finds ‘dark Patterns’ Used By A Majority Of Subscription Apps And Websites

Nithin Kamath slams 'Dark Patterns' in finance apps, tells how Zerodha remains clean

Zerodha founder and CEO Nithin Kamath on Wednesday noted that design tricks used in financial apps and websites are made to deliberately nudge users to do things which are not in their best interests. Read More

Amazon Will Pay $2.5 Billion to Settle FTC Suit That Alleged ‘Dark Patterns’ in Prime Sign-Ups

Amazon will pay both the Federal Trade Commission and consumers directly to settle a lawsuit alleging that it used manipulative and deceptive tactics to encourage sign-ups for Prime. The settlement ... Read More

FTC’s Landmark $2.5 Billion Amazon Settlement Highlights Ongoing Focus on “Dark Patterns”

Three days into trial, Amazon agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit alleging that the company misled millions of consumers into subscribing to Amazon Prime and then ... Read More

Amazon's FTC Trial Over Alleged 'Dark Patterns' Of Prime Subscription Cancellation Practices Kicks Off

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has initiated its legal battle against Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) over the company’s Prime subscription cancellation practices. The FTC trial against Amazon began ... Read More

FTC: Amazon Prime Uses 'Dark Patterns' to Lure Customers In

Amazon Prime is facing a high-profile legal test in Seattle, where a jury began hearing a case this week that could reshape how the $139-a-year service operates. The Federal Trade Commission claims ... Read More

The 'dark patterns' at the center of FTC's lawsuit against Amazon

Today in Seattle, the U.S. government and Amazon are making their opening arguments in a case that could change how companies sell you stuff online. The Federal Trade Commission claims that Amazon ... Read More

Amazon, FTC Battle Over 'Dark Patterns'

Amazon knows that "millions" of people who enrolled in Amazon Prime did so accidentally, and that the cancellation process involves a "labyrinthian mechanism" that thwarts subscribers' attempts to end ... Read More

Trial to decide whether Amazon tricked customers into signing up for Prime starts today

The Federal Trade Commission’s long-awaited trial against Amazon begins this week, with the e-commerce giant’s cancellation practices under the microscope. The lawsuit, filed in 2023 under the Biden ... Read More

The 'dark patterns' at the center of FTC's lawsuit against Amazon

This week, the trial starts in a consequential FTC lawsuit against Amazon. The suit alleges that Amazon for years "tricked" people into buying Prime memberships that were purposefully hard to cancel. Read More