General
Forced action
Bundling an unwanted action with a wanted one — forced ad-watching to progress, forced account or data, gated exits. Part of the coercive core.
Patterns in this family (3)
I14High
Forced registration / data disclosure
Access to play, rewards, or social features is made conditional on creating an account, linking an identity, or sharing unnecessary personal or contact data.
Forced actionEvidence: ModerateServes business
I9High
Offer-wall / cross-promotion redirection
Dangling an in-game reward for going to another app or game and spending money or time there, confirmed by a third-party tracker.
Forced actionEvidence: ModerateServes business
M10High
Predatory / forced advertising
Unskippable or rewarded ads — sometimes disguised as content — are bundled into progression.
Forced actionEvidence: StrongServes business