/r/assholedesign

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For when the designers know exactly what they're doing... but they don't care because they're assholes.

This is a subreddit for designs specifically crafted to make the experience worse for the user. This can be due to greed, apathy, laziness or just downright scumbaggery.

Check out /r/Clickshaming and /r/AntiAssholeDesign as well!


Rules

1. Must Abide by Hanlon's Razor.

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

Usually, bad things happen not because of bad intentions, but because of bad planning. Asshole designs are specifically engineered to exploit the user for profit. Try to think what the designer would gain from deceiving the user, and if it's likely to be an oversight on their part rather than an intentional design. For common topics that fall under this rule, check our wiki.

https://reddit.com/r/assholedesign/wiki/hanlonsrazor

2. No, It's Not Literal.

"Haha, so it's like an actual asshole in r/AssholeDesign, right?" STOP! Don't post dicks or butts to this sub. You're not being clever. The joke is dead. This rule is strictly enforced, and breaking it will lead to an immediate 7-day ban.

3. Don't be Subtle.

Please make it obvious what you’re trying to highlight. A clear and concise post title can go a long way.

If this is the reason why your post was removed, we don't know what we're supposed to be seeing.

4. Common topics.

To keep the subreddit's content fresh, we remove common topics and designs that have recently been posted by other users. For a list of retired topics that fall under this rule, check our wiki.

https://reddit.com/r/assholedesign/wiki/common_topics

5. Posts must display aspects of design.

If your post doesn't talk about the way something is designed, don't post it here.

6. No low effort content.

Please put some thought into your post and how you present the "asshole design" in it. Also, make sure your title is relevant to the post and descriptive of the design. Make it easy to read, don't make it overly lengthy.


Guidelines

1. We're not limited to programming.

Asshole design goes beyond the computer screen. Some of our best posts have been from non-technical stuff.

2. You can post positive things, too!

Informational videos demonstrating malicious techniques, resources for combating assholedesign, etc. are all completely acceptable.

3. Satire and Lampshade Hanging is acceptable if tagged appropriately.

Satire is ridicule of asshole design techniques, and should be tagged under the "Satire" flair. Lampshade Hanging is subversion of asshole design techniques and should be tagged under "Lampshading".

4. Bots & novelty accounts are subject to arbitrary bans.

Some users have issued concerns regarding certain bots and their use as a constructive part of Reddit. Some bots might be banned, others may be allowed to stay. This rule will be enforced on a case-by case basis.

/r/assholedesign

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Blatant clickbait lie from MSN

I follow news about space and NASA and thought to myself the only spacecraft that far away are the Voyagers. Wanting to see what this “forgotten NASA spacecraft was, I clicked on the article. Turns out it was just the Voyager 1, and it had a brief period of silence but has recovered. This is just blatant clickbait BS, the first paragraph even says it’s Voyager 1.

22 Comments
2024/11/03
07:30 UTC

0

Highlights 20, contains 6 pieces only

Small text says it’s 20 inches length (6 pieces)

11 Comments
2024/11/03
05:55 UTC

0

Discord popup after you submit a support request. The checkmark means your request won't be sent, the lighter grey X button means it will

4 Comments
2024/11/03
03:21 UTC

0

This headphone add-ons packaging

5 Comments
2024/11/03
02:23 UTC

0

Lg Thinq tv tranluscent overlay

This stupid overlay pops up and obscures what I’m actually watching until I find the LG remote and kill it. I cannot disable it - it isn’t the Home Screen, I’ve disabled that and the other 2 options on this menu. I can’t find anything on the web that even talks about this.

It jumps up a couple minutes after turning on the tv, so I’m in the middle of my show when this activates covering up my still running show.

3 Comments
2024/11/01
00:12 UTC

412

Air Canada now automatically subscribes you to receive promotional emails when you book a flight (This is not visible prior to purchase)

33 Comments
2024/10/31
13:30 UTC

169

How is it legal for these ads to lie about their games helping brain health?

44 Comments
2024/10/31
07:51 UTC

206

The "Deselect All" Button Doesn't Deselect All

3 Comments
2024/10/29
19:45 UTC

3,523

Immediately Returned Over This.

341 Comments
2024/10/29
04:17 UTC

0

The order tablets at all u can eat hotpot purposefully freeze so that buttons are unclickable!?

My theory is that the shabu shabu place we went to purposefully disables fatties from ordering too much food by engineering obsolescence into their order tablets.

7 Comments
2024/10/29
01:59 UTC

749

Not in game footage disclaimer hidden behind download button

24 Comments
2024/10/28
20:31 UTC

24

Received this email from Adobe at 2am this morning (October 28)

19 Comments
2024/10/28
16:36 UTC

21

I swear this is the hitbox size of the award button

2 Comments
2024/10/28
11:48 UTC

0

Skinnyfit May put me in fucking prison 🤡

So while I was browsing through social media. I stumbled across this ad. For Skinnyfit. Nowhere when I purchased it said anything about paying a fee of $92.80 when the 21 free day trial ended.

I had bought this on my virtual card for me. And my boyfriend’s sister was interested in it. I’m unemployed but had $15 in my account and decided fuck it only pay shipping for these? Why not!!

So to surprise her I ordered it off of my second email now using my physical card (my physical and virtual are two different cards. I had made these purchases this morning.

An hour ago I was reading into things excited to get my new weight loss products. Then saw people complaining about how they got charged for the “free trial”. I was confused and checked my email. To my dismay I saw (what’s in the ss) it’s funny because nobody bothers to check the bottom of their email for things, so that’s sneaky on their end and it’s tiny right under a bunch of bs advertising for their products.

Again I’d like to point out I’m unemployed. Also I live in the middle of nowhere and nearest post office is 1 hour away from me. I don’t drive. My bf isn’t able to take me because he’s off to the military. And his parents won’t be able to because they work and they have a large family so their paychecks are about drained everytime they get paid. So returning it within 21 days is unrealistic for me. Also I cannot pay $185.80 when the trial is over due to being unemployed.

Tbh it’s also kinda my fault for not reading the terms and conditions properly. I also struggle with adhd and by the time I hit the middle of it I gave up on reading it and skimmed over what’s important. Not that I didn’t read it just skimmed over it not processing what I read. I believe they did that on purpose.

So now I’m worried I emailed them to cancel my order and to my dismay they dead ass replied through automatic reply that they will respond to me up to 3 business days. Which is absolutely crazy to me. Because by the time they respond it will be delivered. Now I live in the state of California. Idk if that’s important. But my point is I’m totally fucked.

Idk what to do and I’m up at 2 AM worrying about this shit. I’d also lastly like to mention. Since I live in the middle of nowhere I don’t get cell reception to call customer service. So I emailed them.

So on their website when I looked more into it they stated they’ll bring legal action if you don’t return the unopened packages and if you don’t pay them back (both things I cannot do). When I went onto other websites. I noticed other folks saying they didn’t know they signed up for a subscription and had to pay it back. In which case they didn’t and Skinnyfit replied to them calling them frauds, accusing them of abusing their free trial system and faking their stories. Which in a court will easily be proven true cuz they have money and power because they did put it on the website but very tiny to which most people will completely disregard and skim over it by accident like I did.

I need help idk what to do and I’m gonna cry.

19 Comments
2024/10/28
08:46 UTC

403

This popup ad that keeps me from a using a site.

26 Comments
2024/10/27
19:51 UTC

2,894

Made to look like $2.50

126 Comments
2024/10/26
17:42 UTC

1,732

This box of chocolates has a spacer that takes up half the box.

35 Comments
2024/10/25
15:12 UTC

298

I booted my computer and windows uses my default browser to open Copilot.

27 Comments
2024/10/24
14:38 UTC

9,794

Uber Eats “Taxes & Other Fees” strikes again

313 Comments
2024/10/23
15:44 UTC

1,057

Pay us to add a feature to oven you already paid for!

142 Comments
2024/10/23
02:12 UTC

384

NME's 30 most legendary gigs of all time, only reaches 21, then becomes an inifinite scrolling advert feed.

24 Comments
2024/10/22
11:05 UTC

250

Walmart’s app showing over inflated price to give the illusion of savings

There is no way someone would charge $6 per box of mac and cheese. Then the gaul to pass it off as “savings” to the consumer.

34 Comments
2024/10/22
00:42 UTC

1,581

This cream is advertised as a pack of 2, but only the very last photo in the gallery shows what the second item is; the leading image clearly implies you're getting two tubs

50 Comments
2024/10/21
14:44 UTC

1,984

Adobe lured me with free trial, allowed me to extend it 7 days "FREE" now I'm being forced to pay

56 Comments
2024/10/20
00:13 UTC

2,483

I can’t use my treadmill in manual mode unless I pay for a subscription.

132 Comments
2024/10/19
00:30 UTC

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