Term
Deceptive Defaults
Defaults that steer users toward the product's preferred outcome while making alternatives harder to notice or choose.
Deceptive defaults preselect, emphasize, or arrange options so that users are nudged into a choice they may not have made with balanced information.
In consent interfaces, common forms include pre-checked tracking categories, a dominant “Accept all” button, a muted reject link, or refusal that requires extra clicks through a settings panel.