just to get it out of the way: yes, i know i can use a spam email/phone number. yes, i know i can opt out of promotional emails/texts. that doesn’t make it any less frustrating. i don’t need a growing list of empty accounts for websites i only spend an hour (or less) browsing through. don’t even get me started on restaurants that ask for your phone number when you scan their QR code…
Oh, you mean the ‘x out of the site request?’
I am beyond sick of it. If they make me sign up for a bullshit account, they don’t get my business.
A restaurant with a QR code instead of a menu, I walk out of. One that requires a kiosk or app to order, same thing.
I have a zero tolerance for marketing e-mails & text. I block/spam every single one.
I had a $2.13 medical lab bill last week that wanted me to make an account including jumping through hoops to prove my identity etc… to pay them! They got a check in the mail.
These are websites I immediately leave. The majority of these are set-up simply to get your contact information so they can market to you.
Tired of that and tired of downloading a proprietary fucking app for everything.
Many companies use workday for the job application process, which wants an account. Workday is a steaming pile of garbage.
I cannot stand how they operate over there. I currently have six different Workday accounts, for six different companies. With each, I’ve had to upload my resume and re-create my profile, filling in my experience, education, etc… because their parser blows.
Paychex sucks ass too. And bill.com same thing, had multiple accounts because they can’t figure their shit out.
I miss when bugmenot.com worked. I skipped over all those signups.
I find I am skipping more and more places. Even if I don’t have to sign up for an account, I’m not doing the reject cookies bit any more either. I’m just skipping on by. I walked out of a QR code restaurant earlier today because it required a sign in to see the menu.
they ask me to make an account, I close the tab and go on to something else.
This. Also, when I use Firefox, uBlock Origin (or when I use Safari, Wipr2) usually blocks these prompts, so I don’t see them as much. When I do see them, I just go elsewhere.
when google asks me to prove i’m human, I go to DDG
Hint: you can eliminate a step by not using Google’s products.
this is the exact reason I switched the default on my phone to ddg
it’s usually slightly worse (which is shocking with how bad Google itself has gotten) but good enough. “don’t annoy me” is my lowest baseline
Try something like Degoog or Startpage, you might like them
Waterfox has been working well for me so far
This is the way
Same, but I sometimes use BugMeNot.
Usually if it demands that I leave unless I actually want to make the account.
Not a bit. I just go grab an email address at minuteinbox.com
Then they get to send garbage to an email address I’ll never use again.
I also see no point in giving anyone a phone number. Not that it will do them any good since I block anything not in my contacts l list.
More and more, I’m finding that it isn’t enough to just give one of my alias addresses. I’ll make my account and then immediately end up locked out unless I give them my phone number (looking at you, Discord) or upload my ID/take some live selfies (looking at you, Slowly), or sometimes both (looking at you, LinkedIn).
I miss the days when I could just browse and use the internet anonymously
Only if I am simply trying to look at the site. It makes perfect sense that I would need an account to post, reply, vote, etc. Requiring a log in just to browse is ridiculous.
tell that to tumblr and deviantart. you want to look around? too bad, sign up! such a pain in the ass.
I haven’t been on DeviantArt in years, so if that changed I never noticed.
I do often browse Tumblr without being logged in, tho. It just has a banner asking you to login or sign up the entire time. Doesn’t actually require doing so.
this is what deviantart does:
as for tumblr, i’ll get the same prompt after a certain point.
I’ve been tired for at least the last decade.
I didn’t sign up for accounts long before it was cool.
Very yes
Especially on services or websites I think I will be using once in my life.
