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Actually Useful
Ariel Butters and AJ Weaver
10 episodes
1 day ago
Why do so many once-beloved internet platforms end up toxic, predatory, and unusable? In an age where tech giants have monopolized our attention, privacy, and livelihoods, how can individuals claw back some agency? Every other Thursday, Actually Useful co-hosts Ariel and AJ talk with creators of radically useful consumer tech to explore what it takes to build and protect the loveliest parts of the internet. If you’re exhausted by parasitic products and feel trapped in an ecosystem of unethical, undelightful tech, this one’s for you.
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Why do so many once-beloved internet platforms end up toxic, predatory, and unusable? In an age where tech giants have monopolized our attention, privacy, and livelihoods, how can individuals claw back some agency? Every other Thursday, Actually Useful co-hosts Ariel and AJ talk with creators of radically useful consumer tech to explore what it takes to build and protect the loveliest parts of the internet. If you’re exhausted by parasitic products and feel trapped in an ecosystem of unethical, undelightful tech, this one’s for you.
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Accept Cookies and Other UX Crimes
Actually Useful
55 minutes 32 seconds
2 months ago
Accept Cookies and Other UX Crimes

We chat with Marcos Moldes, a UX researcher at Monzo, about UX dark patterns, the ethics of freemium, and the peace of working on a product that does what it says it does. In Falcon Mode, we wonder why there isn’t an app that tells you how long the TSA line will be before your flight.

Links:

Focus Friend & Finch App

Monzo the bank & Monzo the rapper

404’s article on Tea, including a screenshot from the fake podcaster ad

The bullseye question Ariel references in minute 43 is from ⁠this framework⁠ developed by UX Researcher Michael Margolis.

We’d love to hear from you. Email us at ⁠heyactuallyuseful@gmail.com⁠ or find us on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠TikTok⁠ (reluctantly).

Actually Useful
Why do so many once-beloved internet platforms end up toxic, predatory, and unusable? In an age where tech giants have monopolized our attention, privacy, and livelihoods, how can individuals claw back some agency? Every other Thursday, Actually Useful co-hosts Ariel and AJ talk with creators of radically useful consumer tech to explore what it takes to build and protect the loveliest parts of the internet. If you’re exhausted by parasitic products and feel trapped in an ecosystem of unethical, undelightful tech, this one’s for you.