Attention economy: online grocery sites must become less exploitative

Young person online with laptop

In the so-called ‘attention economy’, every digital experience we have – whether on social media, news platforms or retailer sites – encourages us to spend more time, spend more money or share more of our data.

‘Dark patterns’ designed to get users to spend more time and money, and share more data, are rife on online grocery sites, says Dawn McKerracher of This Place

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