This is beyond annoying. But this is directly a result of the dumbest and the most popular metric - number of users on the platform (which is directly fuelel but dumb VC environment)... it doesn't matter if you are profitable or not, but if you have lots of users then it means you are amazing (and it will give you more VC funding)...
The 'fuck you' pattern (2021)
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#212Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
The sad part is that practically all patrons that could hear you will just label you as a "Karen". The owners will not change their ways. It works for them, their client base and the vast majority of potential clients. People do not care at all whatsoever about their privacy being invaded, generally.
Imagine you go out for launch and see this random guy "loudly insulting" the staff because of some random internet stuff you don't understand or care about.
Maybe you won't call the guy "Karen", but I'd be very surprised if you approved of the situation... Unless, of course, you think that insulting low paid workers loudly is something good and to be proud of.
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#213It's most annoying when businesses make IG their actual website, or restaurants have their menus there, etc. I've never been on IG and can't access the content, so they don't get my business.
at least they are all on google/apple maps
you'll lose out on special events and deals, but that's probably an okay compromise.
though there are some special cases where their hours on social media are more accurate than maps...
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#214I 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…
> I needed to leave a review for my current employer
Perhaps you'd like to join as a disgruntled GlassDoor employee?
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#215This pattern would be better if it "just worked". Many times if you make an account it drops you off somewhere else.
I made the account to look at a specific piece of content. Show me that content!!!
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#216Reddit’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…
Forcing you to download the app for any sub marked NSFW, whereas you previously only had to click to confirm your age, is bullshit.
I'm well aware that the reason you want me to download your app has nothing at all to do with the reason you're claiming, and as a user it just pisses me off.
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#217Earlier quoted context omitted.
Aren't QR codes just a fundamentally flawed system due to how much easier they make phishing attacks?
Part of the motivation is to avoid having to produce Braille menus. Force your customers to use a device with built in accessibility features and you don't pay extra for ADA compliance.
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#218I hate this so much. I don't want a Facebook account but there are several accounts on Instagram that post things I'd like to view.
There's some kind of shady black market for Instagram scrapers that bypass the hard wall the OP describes and publish the content with their own ads injected. I can't vouch for anything about these sites other than the fact that they do work. I highly recommend using noscript or ublock at the very least before checking them out.
There are likely others, these are just the ones I'm personally aware of.
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#219Instagram requiring to register is such trash.
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#220Earlier quoted context omitted.
How does a blind person use a QR code? Not like they can see where the camera is pointing, let alone locate the code in the first place.....
The staff or someone with them scans it upon request.
This sounds like "compliance" attorneys gone crazy. It's appalling, but does check out with the bureaucratic cancer eating our society. Waitstaff or the cashier reading menu options sounds like wonderful accommodation. Certainly much more so than impersonally telling a customer to solve their own problem by turning their dining session into a web browsing session.