In running various versions of a website through product testing, a company may decide to choose the version with the dark pattern that maximizes sales or other gain.

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But once Apple is done designing, building, and testing a product it starts designing, building, and testing all over again.

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Coca-Cola (nyse: KO - news - people ) is said to be testing a similar product.

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