Fake popup-ad images keep fooling the elderly: MIL bricked her new phone in a week
justalexoki · x · 2026-10-16
justalexoki complains his mother-in-law basically bricked her new phone within a week by tapping fake popup-ad style prompts. The quoted post notes these fake popup ad images are remarkably effective at confusing older people — a classic dark-pattern tech meme.
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