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Indeed they can skip it, but it's still ironic because it's still creepy to ask before giving the results.
Not when the text says "hey, do you want to share your email?" and there's a big button that says "no, just take me to my results"
This stupid shit is the reason we need warning labels on things. They're not there to protect the idiots that drink bleach to get rid of covid, they're there because idiots will drink bleach anyway then blame Clorox for not having the label they wouldn't have read anyway.
They ask for an email before sharing the results in the hopes that they would get more people to sign up. If not a dark pattern then that's at least sus.
Just because you don't have the attention span to not react to every input you see doesn't make it a dark pattern. It means you need to be less impulsive.
Like how a gambler should just stop gambling? The fault is on them if they didn't read the sign saying stop when the fun stops?
While others might seek to exploit addictions, addicts absolutely have personally responsibility for their addictions.
I'm sure most people agree with you but I disagree.
If addicts have responsibility for their addictions does that therefore mean you must take credit for not being addicted?
I guess, but it's like taking credit for cleaning your room or not hitting anyone on the way in to work. It's great but only your mother really cares (and even she is probably rolling her eyes if you're bragging about that beyond a certain age).
Furthermore, peoples would reject others taking credit for things they didn't actually earn. If someone wins the lottery that's not a quality of them, they were just lucky.
I don't believe people can take credit for anything because they are not the author of their biological or environment. Likewise, being a gambling addict cannot be their fault.