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 Today I learned a new word for a "I'm just going to go full ADD and never get anything done" dark pattern.
https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/coachmarks

Coachmarks are when you know what you want to do in a program, and instead of being allowed to get to the task, you have to click/tap targets all over the screen to acknowledge unrelated help information.

Microsoft Teams does this every phone call. It picks a random element of the phone call screen and puts a fucking blue balloon on it telling you that it's there.