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Stay informed with IMDb notifications - ‘Update Now’ and ‘Later Options’

“The wording here (“Update now”) strikes me as something of a ⁦ @darkpatterns ⁩ — it almost implies that the app is out of date, and should just be labelled “Subscribe”. (At least the default option is to dismiss the button.)”

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