Interesting trick from the latest Mr. Beast video - He uses a progress bar that starts moving quickly, then slows to a crawl in order to make viewers less likely to skip the sponsor segment as they think it will be over quickly

It hits the half way mark at 10 seconds, then the next half takes 35 seconds to complete

Follow ups: >I said interesting since I think it's interesting, not because I agree with it >While games/website loading bars do something similar, that's for the benefit of the user, this example is to the detriment Now time to shill my website

Clever but definitely a dark pattern

Yeah it's interesting how dark patterns exist in this realm of not being illegal, but just feeling pretty gross It'd be nice if you could apply that dark pattern mindset to things that help the consumer, rather than prey on them

once you make the decision not to skip, it's unlikely you will change your mind. absolute trash content.

I wonder if they employee psychologists or something similar in order to figure out these tricks While it's not exactly doing harm, it still feels exploitative in a way

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Wow he has no respect for his audience at all lol

plottwist: I use sponsorblock

noticed this and it wasn’t exactly subtle, super dishonest