Bait-and-switch
Except that with a real bait-and-switch you actually get something, albeit not what was advertised. This gives you nothing but a commercial for the paid version. This is a scam.
Dreadful Bait and Switch
The app description says that it contains all this content. Instead the app merely is a platform to get you to pay for this public-domain content.
Rather than BaS, the developer should have listed the app as a $.99 app and then allowed users to access the content.
Dark UX patterns = bad UX = lost sales.
Rather than BaS, the developer should have listed the app as a $.99 app and then allowed users to access the content.
Dark UX patterns = bad UX = lost sales.
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