No guilt-tripping language to discourage declining offers

Confirm shaming — labeling the 'decline' button with language designed to make the user feel guilty, inadequate, or foolish ('No thanks, I prefer to stay limited') — is identified in the FTC's Dark Patterns Report as a manipulative interface design that undermines informed consumer choice. The FTC Act §5 unfairness prong covers practices that cause substantial consumer injury not outweighed by benefits. While individual instances seem minor, confirm shaming at scale across millions of upgrade prompts constitutes a systematic manipulation of consumer decision-making that the FTC treats as an unfair practice.

Replace all guilt-language decline options with neutral alternatives and grep the codebase to find all instances before shipping.

// WRONG — confirm shaming
// <button>No thanks, I prefer to stay limited</button>
// <button>I'll miss out on the savings</button>

// RIGHT — neutral decline language
function UpgradeModal({ onAccept, onDecline }: ModalProps) {
  return (
    <dialog>
      <h2>Upgrade to Pro</h2>
      <p>Unlimited projects, priority support, advanced analytics.</p>
      <div className="flex gap-3">
        <button onClick={onAccept}>Upgrade now</button>
        <button onClick={onDecline} variant="ghost">
          No thanks  {/* or: Maybe later / Not right now / Decline */}
        </button>
      </div>
    </dialog>
  )
}

Find all instances with:

grep -r "I don't want\|I prefer to stay\|I'll miss out\|I'll take my chances\|No thanks, I" src/

Acceptable decline labels: 'No thanks', 'Maybe later', 'Not right now', 'Decline', 'Skip', 'Dismiss', 'Cancel', 'Close'.