Dark patterns of digital putting behavioural economics in the ACCC's crosshairs

Australia's consumer watchdog is asking some intriguing questions in the latest stage of its digital platforms inquiry

Welcome to Unmade, mostly written on Tuesday afternoon at a pleasant enough hotel in a pleasant enough part of Sydney.

It looks like I picked the right week for a trip away from Tasmania. I know the severed internet was supposedly some sort of accident, however, I’ve a hunch that my fellow Taswegians were attempting the full Brigadoon. (Others will merel…