Beyond Dark Patterns: A Vision for Future-Proof Strategies in User-Centric Design
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The article navigates the challenges of scaling up user empowerment against dark patterns, proposing a crowd-sourced approach, citizen science, and machine learning for intervention. It emphasizes the need for transparency, ethical considerations in ML, and coordination with design ethics and policy-making. The vision extends to addressing the power imbalance between users and designers, envisioning a future where communities play a pivotal role in shaping web interfaces.