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Are you serious? It's just a way to refresh without using a dedicated refresh button.



On the surface that's what it is, yes. It's a dark pattern with dynamic content though, and the linked articles explain it better than I can.


It's a pretty big misrepresentation to claim that pull to refresh is a problem, when the core of the issue the "dynamic content" as you put it. It's like blaming weight problems on good cutlery.

Yes, it's a tool that can be abused in the right (or more aptly, wrong, I guess) circumstances, that doesn't make it a dark pattern in other situations.




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