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tipping screens
Raised as a usability problem by 14 people on Hacker News over 10 years (2017–2026), in 13 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
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Tip prompts push people into tipping without noticingUnreviewed
20172026- No-tip option is hidden, forcing users through an unknown menu or entering 0 manually2025-05-15
- Tip prompt before service makes the commenter feel they must pay or tip under pressure2024-07-21
- Tipping prompts use dark patterns to push people into tipping2023-12-13
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 9 complaints
- No-tip option is hidden, forcing users through an unknown menu or entering 0 manually2025-05-15
- Tip prompt before service makes the commenter feel they must pay or tip under pressure2024-07-21
- Tipping prompts use dark patterns to push people into tipping2023-12-13
- Tip prompts appear on everything, even simple self-checkout purchases, forcing extra decisions2023-06-27
- Highlighted 'recommended' tip amount pushes visitors into tipping more than locals expect2023-03-03
- Payment screens push people into tipping by default, dark patterns2023-03-02
- Tip prompts are dark patterns that push people into tipping unnoticed2023-02-09
- Tip screens make lower tip options difficult and time consuming to choose, pushing users toward higher tips2022-01-11
- Tip prompts are designed so users must find and hit a no-tip button2018-08-20