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“Create a FREE account to continue reading…”
Nope.
“Please turn off your adblocker…”
Nuh-uh.
“This site uses cookies. Please review…”
Also nope.
I was concerned when my kid started soccer and they wanted parents to get an app to get updates on cancellations and to see the game and practice schedule. Fortunately there is a browser version and the app is not necessary. They just don’t advertise this.
In the modern age so many things that should just be websites are apps and many things that should be apps/programs are websites
Not only is it a privacy and security issue, it’s also an accessibility issue. Maybe I’m using my desktop to access your website where I can ctrl+ to increase font size, but your shitty unreadable phone app has made zero effort to support accessibility.
It’s particularly annoying for services like DoorDash, instacart, or uber, where some users are specifically using those services due to accessibility issues.
I got into this with a coffee shop recently. Apparently they were “online order and pickup only.” And i went in trying to get coffee. One person was trying to help me, and what i assume was her manager was being a dick.
“Just download the app and put your order in.”
“Nah im not going to do that. I just want a black coffee. Nothing fancy.”
“We’re online only”
other employee rings me up, pours me a cup, and is seemingly just trying to help me gtfo
She hands it to this dude… To hand to me
“Next time, use the app.”
“Bro there wont be a next time.”
I agree with it being terrible practice to be online only. But nothing is forcing you to use their services they are providing. Just go elsewhere, instead of making the employees lives harder. They are just trying to do their job. They probably have to put up with that sort of thing every day. (I’m not having a go at you personally, I never said you did anything wrong, just a rant to other readers who might be a dick to their local customer-facing workers lol).
One of the best meme templates I’ve seen in a while lmao
I love it because he reminds me of an old friend I had who was a very pragmatic person and often just threw his hands up and moved on when shit got dramatic.
Love them type of people. No nonsense.
I love when you download it and you have to enter credit card information for a trial. Take a walk!
One of the best things about iOS is they can’t do this.
Theres a dark pattern where a service makes you fill out a form, choose your actions, get to 95% done and then hits you with a Credit card request, assuming you already made it this far.
Who are they fooling?
