Comment by sally_glance

Thanks for the insights! A bit disappointing that this avenue didn't turn out to be the one worth pursuing at the time, although I don't think the ball was completely dropped. Some light prodding surfaces recent research into dark patterns with empirical data based on player perception [1] and attempts to create frameworks for categorization [2].

[1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/390642492_Dark_Patt...

[2] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/396437975_All_'Dark...