Comment by forlorn_mammoth

1 hour ago

> I used to get frustrated whenever my dad asked whether he should press "Next" on a screen, even though it was the only button available in the setup flow. For him, that pause wasn't a lack of technology background. It was complete paralysis. He was nervous that one wrong click would break everything.

To be fair, your fathers caution is not unwarranted.

As a toy example, a few years back Amazon updated their checkout flow so that clicking 'next' defaulted to the paid shipping; you really have to pay attention to find the free shipping option.

clicking next in a world of dark patterns is a bad idea.