Prime Dark Patterns | JOMO for 22nd Jun
In today’s JOMO: Amazon gets sued for terrible UX, a techbro fight and let Bjyu’s be bygones
🗞In the news
FTC sues Amazon for using ‘deceptive’ tactics to sign up customers for Prime
“These manipulative tactics harm consumers and law-abiding businesses alike. The FTC will continue to vigorously protect Americans from “dark patterns” and other unfair or deceptive practices in digital markets.” The FTC also says users have to click through five pages on desktop or six on the mobile app when trying to cancel their subscriptions.
TC: https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/21/ftc-sues-amazon-over-deceptive-tactics-used-to-sign-up-customers-for-prime/
Well, if only we had an FTC like body in India. It would have a field day. Wait.. we already do?
Deloitte, three board members quit Indian edtech giant Byju’s
In a letter to Byju’s board on Thursday and seen by TechCrunch, Deloitte said that it had not undertaken the auditing of the edtech giant’s accounts for the year ending March 2022 and cited the delay as a reason for its resignation.
TC: https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/22/byjus-board/
Ahem ahem. The only question I have: when will BYJU’s shut shop. Or rather, as it happens in India, get ‘acquired’ by one of the large conglomerates
🤔Interesting read
Mark Zuckerberg is ready to fight Elon Musk in a cage match
After Elon Musk recently tweeted that he would be “up for a cage fight” with Zuckerberg, the Meta CEO shot back by posting a screenshot of Musk’s tweet with the caption “send me location.”
Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/21/23769263/mark-zuckerberg-elon-musk-fight-cage-match-worldstar
Everyone going: Fight! Fight! Fight!
Spotify’s podcast plan is going off the rails
s those pillars of Spotify’s podcast strategy continue to falter, Spotify seems to be shifting its attention to one big — and much more obviously lucrative — remaining element: its ability to sell ads. Among Ad Analytics’ offerings is Pixel, a new ad-tracking tool that helps advertisers track leads and find out which podcasts drove the most purchases.
Verge: https://www.theverge.com/23768886/spotify-podcast-strategy-mistakes-joe-rogan-exclusives-trevor-noah
The hottest new perk in tech is freedom
Smaller tech companies have since picked up the mantle of remote work. They are much more likely than their larger peers to allow people to work fully remotely, with 81 percent of those with fewer than 5,000 employees either allowing remote work or only having remote options
Vox: https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/6/20/23762655/tech-perk-remote-work-freedom-airbnb-yelp
📊Poll for the day
Would fully remote be a reason for you to shift jobs/take a pay cut?
Yes
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