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Every Fucking Website (2020)

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Re: Every Fucking Website (2020)

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Post by queenkjuul »

mey wrote: post #171
bee_rider wrote: post #114

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> Plus, isn't this website undissmissably "better in the app" after a few minutes of attempting to use it on a phone? Where's that at? This is the most annoying thing on the internet. There’s a site I’d like to use, but “try the app” takes up the entire page (and appears to be impossible to dismiss?). Actually, is there a way to permanently request the desktop site for all future visits to a domain on iOS? There is n…

I have Firefox setup to not launch apps on android with permission. I don't have Instagram/Facebook/etc installed. Attempting to view a Instagram link on mobile is the most hostile thing in existence. You essentially can't, but it so aggressively routes you to the website based Google play store it's horrifying.

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Re: Every Fucking Website (2020)

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Post by queenkjuul »

pino83 wrote: post #360
mey wrote: post #171

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I have Firefox setup to not launch apps on android with permission. I don't have Instagram/Facebook/etc installed. Attempting to view a Instagram link on mobile is the most hostile thing in existence. You essentially can't, but it so aggressively routes you to the website based Google play store it's horrifying.

You can have Firefox and struggle with apps BUT you visit Instagram? This is actually possible both in one person? Wow.

You don't have a group chat where friends are posting memes and videos?

Re: Every Fucking Website (2020)

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Post by account42 »

> You obviously know what cookies are. If we don't put this here, delighted lawyers from EU and CA will sue us. Not only this is very expensive, there are no browser settings to remove this, since every site does this differently. You voted for this! Also you have to click "I agree"

That's just echoing corporate arguments an not good satire.

Re: Every Fucking Website (2020)

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Post by account42 »

idopmstuff wrote: post #152

I started an e-commerce brand on a Shopify site. I swore to myself I would never put up one of those stupid things that pops up "Someone bought X product an hour ago!" messages in the corner of the screen. I ended up trying it. Boosted conversion rate meaningfully. Worth the price I pay in mild self-loathing. Chesterton's popup, I guess.

Maybe just cut to the chase and just go straight to stealing if profit is the only motivation that matters.

Re: Every Fucking Website (2020)

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Post by pino83 »

queenkjuul wrote: post #512
pino83 wrote: post #360

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You can have Firefox and struggle with apps BUT you visit Instagram? This is actually possible both in one person? Wow.

You don't have a group chat where friends are posting memes and videos?

I decided to not use Facebook.

I don't even want to argue whether you should be this guy or that guy. It's the mixture that excited me. :)

If you are on Facebook, you don't need to care what browser to use and you don't need to struggle with apps. Either have your own opinion and try to be consistent, credible and reliable with its implementation. Or be a good Normie. Eat Facebook - but take it as it's served to you.

Don't tell yourself and people around you a story of someone who cares, when in fact you use Facebook.

Re: Every Fucking Website (2020)

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Post by account42 »

moritzwarhier wrote: post #416
dieselgate wrote: post #401

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> Advertising should.be illegal. I dislike advertising as much as the next guy but wouldn't go so far as making it illegal

(edit; not directly responding only to your comment, also to the parent) Advertising is shitty but how would you realistically even make it illegal without violating free speech. Also, advertising does have a good-faith purpose in functioning markets. Failures in regulation IMO are mostly at entirely different levels. E.g. monetization of public utilities and public space. Noise, brightness, and of course deceptive t…

Corporations are not natural persons and do not have constitutionally guaranteed free speech rights that can be violated. Any individual shilling for a corporation can be held personally liable for damages.

And we already don't allow everything that is technically speech. Harassing people is already illegal, unless you're a corporation. Taking advantage of the vulnerable is already generally illegal, unless you're a corporation.

Re: Every Fucking Website (2020)

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Post by account42 »

inigyou wrote: post #430
olyjohn wrote: post #295

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If this is the only way to get people to watch your videos, maybe your channel sucks. But glad you are making money tricking people into wasting their time so you can get one more ad impression.

So every channel sucks?

On YouTube, yes except for a rounding errors. The platform is optimized for suckyness.

Re: Every Fucking Website (2020)

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Post by account42 »

agumonkey wrote: post #209
idopmstuff wrote: post #152

I started an e-commerce brand on a Shopify site. I swore to myself I would never put up one of those stupid things that pops up "Someone bought X product an hour ago!" messages in the corner of the screen. I ended up trying it. Boosted conversion rate meaningfully. Worth the price I pay in mild self-loathing. Chesterton's popup, I guess.

Is there a law of society / business where everything we hate is on average something that made the society able to function ? it's similar to chesterton but it's not a fence, it's the tree we live on.

Going to "let's some participants extract more than their fare share" to "makes society function" is quite of a stretch.

Re: Every Fucking Website (2020)

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Post by account42 »

pie_flavor wrote: post #181
dghlsakjg wrote: post #128

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Don’t use a bunch of unnecessary tracking cookies? Completely eliminates the need for a cookie permission bar.

The law does not say 'tracking'. It says 'strictly necessary'. If you remember the user's light/dark theme preference in a cookie, that requires notification. (Or rather, what it requires in practice is that you hire a Highly Paid Consultant.)

a) The law does not require a notification for this use of cookies.

b) Please don't re-implement OS/browser functionality in your website.

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