Bad Design Deserves To Go To Jail. #96[REDDIT REVIEW] /r/baddesign - Summary

Summary

The speaker discusses various examples of poor design, misleading packaging, and frustrating experiences with technology and advertising. They criticize companies like Chipotle, McDonald's, and Facebook for their deceptive practices, such as false advertising, confusing packaging, and invasive data collection. The speaker also expresses frustration with online ads, unnecessary notifications, and the difficulty of canceling subscriptions. They poke fun at ridiculous product designs, such as a toilet paper dispenser that requires watching an ad to dispense a limited amount of toilet paper. The video ends with the speaker thanking viewers and inviting them to subscribe to their channel.

Facts

Here are the key facts extracted from the text:

1. Chipotle advertised free delivery, but increased the delivery fee.
2. Some industrial cup designs make the drink appear to have actual fruit in it, when it's just plastic.
3. There's a toilet paper dispenser in China that requires users to watch a 30-second ad before dispensing toilet paper.
4. Norton Antivirus sends notifications to users to reactivate their subscription even after canceling.
5. Windows 10 updates can turn on news, weather, and taskbar links by default.
6. A McDonald's medium orange juice is not significantly larger than a small orange juice.
7. Some packaging is designed to be misleading, such as a product that appears to be a larger size but contains the same amount as before.
8. A product labeled "100% juice" may contain less than 100% juice.
9. Some gluten-free products may contain gluten.
10. Daily Mail's website has excessive ads and notifications.
11. Starbucks has designed chairs to discourage customers from lingering.
12. To cancel a contract, some companies require a letter or fax to be sent to a specific location.
13. Firefox displays ads and notifications when opened.
14. Some news articles are aggregated and blasted to users, often with sensationalized headlines.
15. LA Fitness has a cancellation process designed to make it difficult for users to quit.
16. Facebook will start putting ads in the Oculus Quest app.
17. Some products have misleading labels or packaging, such as a beef ravioli product that contains only one ravioli.