Dark patterns degrade our computing experience and are worth illustrating, but there's a larger discussion to be had about keeping individual control over our own devices.

Technically, that means being able to install Linux, run local models, and use open-source software as we see fit.

Legally, it's opposing compliance guises that erode those rights, like backdoors or restrictions on what can run so that we no longer really in control of the hardware we own but need to adjust to the whims of the controller/operator, which could, at a moments notice, default to these dark patterns for "pragmatic reasons" of their own which don't align with your interests.

We know enough bad stories for the "internet of things" devices. Anyone interested in FOSS and control should probably invest in this angle.