Eggheads analyse Free Porn business model

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Originally Posted by gonzo

Interface: Free “Smut” As Deception

Yevgeniy Medynskiy of the Culturally Embedded Computing Group at Cornell University has a paper available online on Free “Smut” As Deception.
Deceiving the user of an interface is usually considered a poor design decision.

Why is it all Academician rhetoric pieces are loaded for bear these days?

The "user deception" concept has been on-going since Reader's Digest sent out its first "free trial issue [tiny]to be rebilled unless you cancel before the second issue[/tiny] and then only ten cents per copy" mailer in about 1922.

The "free sample" concept (in hopes the buyer doesn't read the small print) has been around forever. They only turn their noses up now because it's porn that's been offered.