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The Feed & The Thread - June 26, 2026
We explore whether retention is a design metric or a moral failing, examining Arun Bakir’s argument that dark patterns are deliberate choices rather than accidents. As legal ground shifts and AI blurs accountability, we ask who bears the weight when the system breaks and whether our silence is complicity. This episode cuts through the noise of hiring risks and scope creep to confront the ethical cost of building without boundaries.
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Someone designed this (Arun Bakirathan) — Dark patterns are deliberate choices, and designer silence is a moral failure.
Hiring a product team in the…
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