Pax<p>Tried to delete my Airbnb account. Saw a "Deactivate" button and thought - wow, guess I was wrong about corporations going out of their way to hold on to their property (your data).</p><p>But nope, turns out deletion is a separate process.</p><p>Airbnb: "Just contact support to reactivate."<br>Support: "Please login."<br>Support: "Sorry, you can’t login, this account is deactivated." 🤷♂️ </p><p>Love a good dark pattern.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/airbnb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>airbnb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dataprivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dataprivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/userexperience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>userexperience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darkpatterns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>darkpatterns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a></p>