Asshole designs are specifically engineered to exploit the user for profit. Usually, bad things happen not because of bad intentions, but because of bad planning. 'Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.' This can be due to greed, apathy, laziness or just downright scumbaggery.Ĭheck out /r/Clickshaming and /r/AntiAssholeDesign as well! Rules 1. This is a subreddit for designs specifically crafted to make the experience worse for the user.
but they don't care because they're assholes. For when the designers know exactly what they're doing.