This thing is lead in the water supply

Blue Archive starts up faster and nags you less than Temu. And that's an acutal gacha game.

Someone made that. They put actual effort into its existence.

My career has had low points but never quite that low.

Looking in on temu users:

It's one of those moments where you're left struggling to figure out who this is even for. Like, it's simply too much to even respond to for the most gullible user.

It's akin those scam calls where the person on the other end has to read you a ten minute long pitch before getting to the actual scam, but calls you back two minutes later fully knowing you're not their target.

Maybe it can be used as a vaccine against them

I see things I've wanted to buy from temu ads. I click the ad to buy and instead of letting me buy it gives endless roulette wheels before demanding I install the app.

I don't even try to buy now.

Using Temu is a choice.

Is this real? That's 1:45 of intro before you even get to the store. Also

The wheel is for illustrative purpose only, everyone will get the best result.

Honestly that art is for sure AI slop. Who knows about the rest. You lock a dude in a room for 4 hours and make them play the instruction game with a not and they could cook all those sloppy effects. It doesnt even have to actually do anything but make them think they need to buy something right now.

I literally only have ever heard about that store from family who talk about it being constantly advertised on Facebook.

Looks like I'm missing a lot these days /s

Yeah no, 3 second in and I'd uninstall the app. God, the website with an ad blocker is fucking bad enough, why in the world would you opt into more tracking?

Just like billionaires shop!

You have to remember - if this didn't work they wouldn't do it.

Which means, it works.

Gambling-like graphics and exciting sounds. The illusion of winning big. Praise for being a good loyal customer. The promise of huge rewards and discounts. Time pressure to act fast, now now now. Don't think, just do.

It's every single trick and dark pattern crammed mercilessly into one app.

And it works.

I fear for our species.

Why are we using temu?

Looks like if dark patterns had a store front.. No amount of "bargain" is worth encouraging that shit.

Either save up for the real thing or skip it.

Nice, I've always wanted my online shopping experience to resemble a slot machine

if this didn’t work they wouldn’t do it.

Which means, it works.

That's circular logic, assuming some kind of infallibility at the business end.

Gambling-like graphics and exciting sounds. The illusion of winning big. Praise for being a good loyal customer. The promise of huge rewards and discounts. Time pressure to act fast, now now now. Don’t think, just do.

So, how much did you end up spending on Temu after you watched the ads?

billionaires gambling addicts

They tested multiple variations to get people to spend more money, and the was the best result.