Confirmshaming

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Unfortunately, sometimes it is in a company's best interest to keep you away from what you want. Sometimes this can be done out of legal obligation. Pharmaceutical commercials will speed through potential harmful side effects of a drug to emphasize the benefits. Gambling companies will print their terms in miniscule fonts to obscure the detriments of the experience they sell. This is just a common practice in American business.

Confirmshaming is the more generalized digital variant of that. It represents any form of coercion that can make a user feel bad about their decision to do something.