Behavior
How Convenience Becomes Rent
Convenience is usually priced as a one-time decision but delivered as an ongoing obligation; the moment you stop owning the capability yourself, you begin renting it indefinitely.
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“Across 58 studies, preselected options were chosen more often on average, with substantial variation including null and negative results; consumer-domain defaults tended to be more effective, and defaults read as endorsement or status quo worked better.”
Behavior
Convenience is usually priced as a one-time decision but delivered as an ongoing obligation; the moment you stop owning the capability yourself, you begin renting it indefinitely.
Behavior
A preselected option is a decision made by whoever designed the screen, and because leaving a default in place takes no action while changing it does, people tend to accept presets they would not have chosen on their ow…