30 People Share Times Greedy Companies Designed Something To Benefit Themselves, Not The Consumers

Greedy design is when a company designs something that is obviously and blatantly made to only benefit the company, often at the expense of the consumer.

In this group people share examples of this type of a**hole design.

Here are the worst offenders.

1.

Reddit

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3. appstore for you

Reddit

4. Brand new protein powder, not even filled half whey

Reddit

5. I want my money back

Reddit

6. Natural is a trademark 🙁

Reddit

7. So it was a lie ಠ_ಠ

Reddit

8. Disney leaves the inside of their $6 icecream hollow

Reddit

9. Unremovable ads on my $2,500 Samsung Smart TV

Reddit

10. Cup design that makes the drink look like it has actual fruit

Reddit

11. The fact that you can’t uninstall Facebook on certain phones

Reddit

12. Designed for dissuading the homeless. Literally just uncomfortable for everyone else.

Reddit

13. I chose the bottle because a tube wasn’t enough! This Trojan trickery is an abuse coming from a brand with recognition.

Reddit

14. This design pisses me off every single day

Reddit

15. Such a great deal!

Reddit

16. Fuck you Pinterest. Your content fills up and pollutes the search engine results yet people can’t even view your bullshit user-submitted content without signing up for a damn account. Going to add to you to my Personal Blocklist so you don’t appear in my searches and waste my time anymore.

Reddit

17. Both weigh 500g but the green one is in a 30% “BIGGER BAG MORE TO SHARE”

Reddit

18. Spending $175 on a textbook only to receive a 2 inch stack of unbound papers. Binder sold separately!

Reddit

19. The sticker was a lie

Reddit

20. 5$ pen size vs ink

Reddit

21. HelloFresh. If I don’t need to call to make orders, I shouldn’t need to call to unsubscribe.

Reddit

22. Really?

Reddit

23. bought these sticky notes cause I thought the gold border was nice

Reddit

24. Literal hell for budget flyers.(Standing seats)

Reddit

25. They replaced half the mirrors in my local shopping mall’s bathroom with advertising boards!

Reddit

26. Shrinkflation used by Cadbury to literally cut corners. The bottom chocolate bar is more than 8 percent smaller

Reddit

27. This McDonalds menu

Reddit, Twitter

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29. Felt like this sub would appreciate this statement

Reddit, Twitter

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Mike

Mike Primavera

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