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The 'fuck you' pattern (2021)

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Re: The 'fuck you' pattern (2021)

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mcpackieh wrote: post #81
arrowsmith wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wouldn't even make it this far, I'm not scanning their QR. Give me a paper menu or gtfo.

This. I've never scanned a QR code and I don't intend to learn how. And because the premise of a restaurant not having printed menus available is so absurd, I think I'd be compelled to stick around for a few minutes loudly insulting their business acumen before leaving (as I have done before at bars that didn't accept cash!) I consider this a service done for those who think like me but aren't brave enough to speak o…

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Re: The 'fuck you' pattern (2021)

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Post by NoMoreNicksLeft »

klabb3 wrote: post #260
NoMoreNicksLeft wrote: post #234

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the context you are using it, "profit" has a very specific meaning that's a little incongruent with what you're trying to say. In that context, "profit" is the idea that earnings above cost are distributed to shareholders. The stock market mechanism then guarantees that companies unconcerned with that sort of profit will see someone gobble up the shares once they dip low enough (and they will), install a new board…

Isn’t it possible to maintain ownership among founders and initial investors and maintain a minority share ( It seems almost impossible to run a public company without having the place be taken over by bean counters these days.

I believe that it is possible for that to happen, and I'm too ignorant to say whether it is common, or what circumstances might prompt it.

There are probably quite a few ways such a company would be vulnerable to takeover.

Re: The 'fuck you' pattern (2021)

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Post by NoMoreNicksLeft »

DelightOne wrote: post #266
NoMoreNicksLeft wrote: post #229

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Dev tools, look at the html and body element, and uncheck overflow:hidden. Plus a strategic delete or two on the DOM tree.

Why can't UBlock Origin do that?

I dunno. Maybe it can, and I'm just too dumb to configure it right?

Re: The 'fuck you' pattern (2021)

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Post by pnt12 »

janandonly wrote: post #70

I feel the same burning hate like a thousand suns for FB/Meta, Google/YT and other platforms that monetize their users. But, let's be frank here: They monetize you and me, us, the users because 1 they can and, 2, they have to. Yes, they have to. Imagine they provided access to their platforms for free. How would the shareholders (your retirement funds included) respond when less profit was made? You see, we view them…

Won't someone think of the shareholders?

This denial of responsability is a cancer on society. Poor devs, they can do no better because their manager ordered them to. Poor managers, they can do no better because they must reach their OKRs. Poor CxOs, they can do no better because they must please the board. Poor board, who must maximize the returns of the shareholders. Poor shareholders, who just want their retirement funds.

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Post by badtension »

This drives me crazy in substack. Gradual fadeout with the popup sliding down as I scroll... This is a small thing but utterly frustrating.

You're evil substack, I'm not going to give way to your shady tactics and login. I'd rather not read anything as a protest.

Re: The 'fuck you' pattern (2021)

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Post by bovermyer »

TheAngush wrote: post #186

I had an experience like this today when I tried to use GlassDoor for the first time. As a student making my first ever job applications, I wanted to see what salaries and work environments were like at particular employers. GlassDoor did the same scroll-locking tactic (so an element zapper like Ublock Origin's wouldn't resolve the issue), instructing me to register or sign in to view any information. So I registered…

You've experienced why Glassdoor is the opposite of useful. Ironically, I think this is actually the opposite of what Glassdoor was originally meant to achieve, and I still think the original creators had the best of intentions.

I think it's interesting that despite thousands of years of existence, we as a species still can't do better at "quickly and accurately evaluate how well you'd match an employer/group" than "do you know someone at the group that honestly says it's good."

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Post by lyvxh »

DelightOne wrote: post #266
NoMoreNicksLeft wrote: post #229

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dev tools, look at the html and body element, and uncheck overflow:hidden. Plus a strategic delete or two on the DOM tree.

Why can't UBlock Origin do that?

It can, using CSS injection: example.com##body:style(overflow: auto !important)

Re: The 'fuck you' pattern (2021)

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Post by matthewwolfe »

macNchz wrote: post #61

Reddit’s mobile web experience really embraces this–even as a logged in user there is a frequent “Use our app!” popup that has been made progressively more obnoxious. Once upon a time there was a preference option to disable the popup, though it would periodically become unchecked on its own. Then the option to disable it disappeared. Then the popup started appearing not just on page load, but after a period of time…

My favorite part of Reddit mobile on iOS is that when it prompts you to view in app, it redirects to the App Store, even though I have the app installed! Then when I open the app it doesn’t preserve the page I was trying to get to. So it doesn’t even work!

Re: The 'fuck you' pattern (2021)

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Post by atomicbeanie »

I don’t wish to be too much of a fly in the ointment. I understand the darkness of dark patterns. But if we wish to not be secretly tracked (which is dark), then isn’t the alternative to openly ask if I want to exchange knowledge of my identity in exchange for the content I seek, so they can target the ads that pay for the content aggregation service I am using? The preceding question mark is not rhetorical. Maybe I am missing something? In the end though, Cat picture or not, the people that provide the service need to get paid.

Re: The 'fuck you' pattern (2021)

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Post by acover »

xwdv wrote: post #233
TheAngush wrote: post #186

I had an experience like this today when I tried to use GlassDoor for the first time. As a student making my first ever job applications, I wanted to see what salaries and work environments were like at particular employers. GlassDoor did the same scroll-locking tactic (so an element zapper like Ublock Origin's wouldn't resolve the issue), instructing me to register or sign in to view any information. So I registered…

> Suffice to say I will not be using GlassDoor in the future You’ll cave eventually, they know this.

Caving into lying? That just pollutes their database.
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