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Dark patterns in the Gmail web app

2022-05-10

Recently, my Google Pixel 3a phone started to have a faulty USB-C port. Luckily the device is also able to charge wirelessly (in fact, it’s the first Google phone that does that!) but it’s still rather inconvenient. My employer provided me with an iPhone SE which I think is a rather great little device. I’m […]

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Ali, what’s up

2022-05-05

michiel

aliexpress, translation

Words on my favorite Chinese shopping site From time to time I buy stuff on AliExpress, mostly electronics. It has such a huge amount of items available which amazes me every time. Lots of quality stuff and lots of lesser quality stuff. Today, I found that it has rather strange text in the placeholder for […]