Stage 3: Ripping you off · Productivity

Ads, fees, dark patterns, and worse defaults as incentives tilt from pleasing users toward harvesting value.

Microsoft 365
3

The default office suite, now bundled with Copilot at a higher price whether you wanted the AI or not.

Productivity Tool Since 2011
Notion
3

Flexible docs and databases users love; leaving means migrating templates, permissions, and team workflows—sticky by design.

Productivity Tool Since 2016
Slack
3

Team chat that became the default layer for work comms; switching means migrating channels, bots, and ritualized workflows.

Productivity Platform Since 2013