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I never realized this. Any sources?

A quick google brought me to this aritcle (https://sumo.com/stories/pop-up-statistics) which indicates a conversion rate of 3-9% for pop ups requesting info / sign-up. So you may be right!

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Yeah, so you register on the site, press next, your registration is successful, meanwhile a pop up was initiated which contains t&cs and acceptance confirmation. Using your estimate, 3-9% of bonuses were accepted, and needed to be paid to the new customer. It’s a dark pattern

Yeah it probably is.

I wasn’t commenting on the dark pattern though. I was surprised to hear that “common users” don’t just auto dismiss pop ups.

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