Making subscription cancellation difficult while making sign-up easy.
Dark pattern sub-type. Metal (μ) boundary weaponized — structural enforcement of retention. The roach motel: easy in, impossible out. Water (ρ) flow interrupted at exit only.
Principle: “Friction asymmetrically applied is extraction, not service.”
Diagnostic: Is exit as easy as entry? Are cancellation steps proportional to signup steps?
Related: Dark Patterns, Status Quo Bias, Algorithmic Persuasion
SIML Entry: A04A Forced Continuity — Full elemental analysis, nemetic string, daemon correspondence