nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230519-140446-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230519s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230519-140446-0 doi eng 342 23 Grigoleit, Hans Christoph Author aut Digesting the (Not So) Free Lunches of Social Media - ‘Dark Patterns’ and Party Autonomy Grigoleit, Hans Christoph Verfassungsblog 2023-05-19 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier It has become common wisdom that “there is no such thing as free lunch.” Social media shows us daily how true this observation remains until today. The ‘conventional’ business model of these platforms focuses on data exploitation, and, increasingly, ‘freemium’ models. While it is obviously worthwhile to explore objectionable business practices in e-commerce and on social media, as 'freemium' models gain traction, this contribution suggests that the discourse on ‘dark patterns’ is somewhat sketchy and incomplete – and in need of more specificity. CC BY-SA 4.0 Autonomy Big Tech Consumer Protection Consumer Protection Law Contract Law dark patterns freemium Platform Governance Platform Regulation Platforms Radical Reforms Social Media Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/free-lunch/ raw object