Implement cognitive bias-driven UX improvements #1
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- Add Anchoring + Decoy pricing in Pro tab ($3.99 → $2.99, decoy option)
- Implement Loss Aversion for security warnings ("Don't risk unpatched apps")
- Add Social Proof elements (user count, testimonials)
- Create Zeigarnik Effect progress indicators with completion tension
- Set smart defaults (auto-update ON) using Default Effect
- Enhance error states with Actor-Observer bias (situational framing)
- Add Authority signals (industry-standard verification)
- Improve Privacy tab with Reciprocity bias ("helps improve reliability")
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Summary of ChangesHello @adityash8, I'm Gemini Code Assist1! I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary to help you and other reviewers quickly get up to speed! This pull request introduces a series of user experience improvements by strategically applying principles of cognitive psychology. The changes aim to guide user behavior through pricing adjustments, persuasive messaging, enhanced progress feedback, and more empathetic error handling, ultimately seeking to increase engagement, security, and Pro feature adoption. Highlights
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This pull request effectively implements several UX improvements based on cognitive biases, such as anchoring, loss aversion, and social proof. The code is generally well-structured. My review focuses on improving correctness, performance, and maintainability. Key suggestions include fixing a bug in version string comparison, improving the robustness of the telemetry service, optimizing formatter creation, and addressing several hardcoded values that should be dynamic for the features to function correctly in production.
Sources/Core/Versioning.swift
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| static func isNewer(_ latest: String, than current: String) -> Bool { | ||
| let a = latest.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines).trimmingCharacters(in: CharacterSet(charactersIn: "vV")) | ||
| let b = current.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines).trimmingCharacters(in: CharacterSet(charactersIn: "vV")) | ||
| return a.compare(b, options: [.numeric, .caseInsensitive]) == .orderedDescending | ||
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| } No newline at end of file |
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The use of trimmingCharacters(in: CharacterSet(charactersIn: "vV")) is not quite correct for stripping a leading "v", as stated in the comment on line 4. This method can unintentionally corrupt version strings. For example, a version like "dev-version-1" would become "de-ersion-1". It also removes characters from both ends of the string, not just the prefix. To correctly strip only a single leading "v" or "V", you should check for the prefix and then drop the first character. I've also added the missing newline at the end of the file.
| static func isNewer(_ latest: String, than current: String) -> Bool { | |
| let a = latest.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines).trimmingCharacters(in: CharacterSet(charactersIn: "vV")) | |
| let b = current.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines).trimmingCharacters(in: CharacterSet(charactersIn: "vV")) | |
| return a.compare(b, options: [.numeric, .caseInsensitive]) == .orderedDescending | |
| } | |
| } | |
| static func isNewer(_ latest: String, than current: String) -> Bool { | |
| func clean(_ version: String) -> String { | |
| let trimmed = version.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines) | |
| if trimmed.lowercased().hasPrefix("v") { | |
| return String(trimmed.dropFirst()) | |
| } | |
| return trimmed | |
| } | |
| return clean(latest).compare(clean(current), options: [.numeric, .caseInsensitive]) == .orderedDescending | |
| } | |
| } |
Sources/UI/MainPopoverView.swift
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| @State private var lastScanDate: Date = Date() | ||
| @State private var streakDays: Int = 7 |
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The lastScanDate and streakDays state variables are initialized with hardcoded values and are not persisted. For the "Goal Gradient" (streak) feature to be meaningful, these values should be persisted (e.g., in UserDefaults using @AppStorage) and loaded when the view appears. Otherwise, the streak will reset every time the app launches, defeating its purpose.
Since @AppStorage doesn't support Date directly, you'll need a workaround for lastScanDate, like storing it as a TimeInterval.
| static func friendly(_ error: Error) -> UpdateError { | ||
| let description = String(describing: error).lowercased() | ||
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| // Use Actor-Observer bias: blame the situation, not the user | ||
| if description.contains("codesign") || description.contains("signature") { | ||
| return UpdateError(reason: "Looks like the app's signature couldn't be verified. Your previous version is safe. Try installing manually from the developer.") | ||
| } | ||
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| if description.contains("permission") || description.contains("access") { | ||
| return UpdateError(reason: "Auto-Up needs permission to replace the app. Grant Full Disk Access in Settings → Privacy & Security → Privacy.") | ||
| } | ||
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| if description.contains("network") || description.contains("timeout") { | ||
| return UpdateError(reason: "Network seems slow — we'll retry in 2 minutes. Your apps are still protected.") | ||
| } | ||
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| if description.contains("disk") || description.contains("space") { | ||
| return UpdateError(reason: "Looks like disk space is running low. Free up some space and try again.") | ||
| } | ||
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| if description.contains("dmg") || description.contains("mount") { | ||
| return UpdateError(reason: "The download file seems corrupted. We'll try downloading again automatically.") | ||
| } | ||
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| // Default friendly message | ||
| return UpdateError(reason: "Update temporarily unavailable. We've kept your previous version safe. You can retry or update manually.") | ||
| } |
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The series of if statements works, but can be slightly refactored into a switch statement for improved readability and maintainability, making it clearer that only one condition will be met. This also makes it easier to add more error conditions in the future.
static func friendly(_ error: Error) -> UpdateError {
let description = String(describing: error).lowercased()
// Use Actor-Observer bias: blame the situation, not the user
switch description {
case let d where d.contains("codesign") || d.contains("signature"):
return UpdateError(reason: "Looks like the app's signature couldn't be verified. Your previous version is safe. Try installing manually from the developer.")
case let d where d.contains("permission") || d.contains("access"):
return UpdateError(reason: "Auto-Up needs permission to replace the app. Grant Full Disk Access in Settings → Privacy & Security → Privacy.")
case let d where d.contains("network") || d.contains("timeout"):
return UpdateError(reason: "Network seems slow — we'll retry in 2 minutes. Your apps are still protected.")
case let d where d.contains("disk") || d.contains("space"):
return UpdateError(reason: "Looks like disk space is running low. Free up some space and try again.")
case let d where d.contains("dmg") || d.contains("mount"):
return UpdateError(reason: "The download file seems corrupted. We'll try downloading again automatically.")
default:
// Default friendly message
return UpdateError(reason: "Update temporarily unavailable. We've kept your previous version safe. You can retry or update manually.")
}
}
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| enum Telemetry { | ||
| static func configure(enabled: Bool, apiKey: String) { | ||
| if enabled { | ||
| PostHogSDK.shared.setup(apiKey: apiKey, host: URL(string:"https://app.posthog.com")!) |
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Force-unwrapping the URL with ! can cause a crash if the string is ever malformed. While it's safe for a hardcoded valid URL, it's better practice to handle this potential failure gracefully, for instance by using a guard let. This makes the code more robust against future changes.
guard let hostURL = URL(string: "https://app.posthog.com") else {
print("Error: Invalid PostHog host URL.")
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PostHogSDK.shared.setup(apiKey: apiKey, host: hostURL)| } | ||
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| static func track(_ name: String, props: [String: Any] = [:]) { | ||
| guard UserDefaults.standard.bool(forKey: "telemetry_enabled") else { return } |
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The PostHogSDK.shared.optOut() call in the configure method should already prevent events from being sent when telemetry is disabled. This guard statement duplicates that logic. It's cleaner to rely on the SDK's internal state management and remove this redundant check.
| private func formatRelativeTime(_ date: Date) -> String { | ||
| let formatter = RelativeDateTimeFormatter() | ||
| formatter.dateTimeStyle = .numeric | ||
| return formatter.localizedString(for: date, relativeTo: Date()) | ||
| } |
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Creating a RelativeDateTimeFormatter instance can be computationally expensive. Since its configuration doesn't change, it's more efficient to create it once and reuse it. You can define it as a static let property on the view.
| private func formatRelativeTime(_ date: Date) -> String { | |
| let formatter = RelativeDateTimeFormatter() | |
| formatter.dateTimeStyle = .numeric | |
| return formatter.localizedString(for: date, relativeTo: Date()) | |
| } | |
| private static let relativeDateFormatter: RelativeDateTimeFormatter = { | |
| let formatter = RelativeDateTimeFormatter() | |
| formatter.dateTimeStyle = .numeric | |
| return formatter | |
| }() | |
| private func formatRelativeTime(_ date: Date) -> String { | |
| Self.relativeDateFormatter.localizedString(for: date, relativeTo: Date()) | |
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| struct PrivacySettingsView: View { | ||
| @Binding var telemetryEnabled: Bool | ||
| @State private var cacheSize: String = "2.1 GB" |
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The cacheSize is initialized with a hardcoded string "2.1 GB". This appears to be for UI prototyping. For the final implementation, this value should be calculated dynamically by checking the size of the cache directory on disk. Consider storing the cache size as a numeric type (e.g., Int64 for bytes) and using ByteCountFormatter to create the display string. This separates the data model from the view representation.
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| Text("Get the most out of Auto-Up with Pro features") | ||
| Text("Trusted by 3,218 Macs this week") |
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The user count "3,218" is hardcoded. To be effective and trustworthy social proof, this number should be fetched dynamically from a backend service or your analytics platform. A static number can quickly become stale and may be perceived as misleading by users.
| .buttonStyle(.link) | ||
| .foregroundColor(.secondary) | ||
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| Text("Trusted by 3,218 Macs this week") |
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Similar to the Pro upgrade screen, the user count "3,218" is hardcoded here. This should be a dynamic value fetched from a server to provide real-time, credible social proof.
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…rsor 🚨 CRITICAL SECURITY FIXES: - Fix shell command injection vulnerabilities across all components - Replace force unwraps with safe error handling - Implement atomic backup/rollback operations with verification - Secure URL construction and validation 🔧 INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS: - Add SafeProcess utility with input validation and timeouts - Add AtomicFileManager for safe file operations with SHA256 verification - Add GitHub Action for automated Cursor reviews - Consolidate version comparison logic to prevent inconsistencies 🐛 BUG FIXES: - Fix async/await syntax errors in AppScanner - Fix PostHog API compatibility issues in Telemetry - Fix optional handling in AutoUpApp - Improve error handling and propagation throughout 🎯 CODE QUALITY: - Centralize shell command execution through SafeProcess - Add comprehensive backup metadata tracking - Enhance error context and debugging information - Reduce code duplication across detector classes This addresses all critical feedback from PRs #1-7 including: - Shell injection vulnerabilities (CVE-level security issue) - Data loss risks in backup/rollback operations - Logical bugs in version comparison and update detection - Crash-prone force unwraps throughout codebase 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.ai/code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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