Dev to agent builders: stop ad channels, kill dark-pattern subscriptions for us
SuB8u · x · 2026-10-01
A developer's critique of the AI agent space: builders keep inventing new ways to do things people can already do, effectively creating another channel for ad stuffing. Instead, agents should do the things people and companies hate — cancel timeshares, kill dark-pattern subscriptions, contest scammy parking tickets, and wait on hold with insurance companies over medical bills. A pointed take on agents serving advertisers rather than users.
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