Let them spend some time in the freezer. There’s still a chance they could be used in pancakes or dog biscuits…

oh no

Fair enough, but endless feeds and short form videos are also widely regarded as dangerous to mental wellbeing, so I agree with them on that point.

But I’m more interested in getting people away from the adtech platforms, so also happy to see decentralised alternatives pop up.

The great thing about decentralised social media is I’ll always have my anti dark pattern folks in one corner or other.

^^^

Pirates now the only ones preserving this culture, yeah

Ok let’s hear your take

Agreed

Oh I didn’t know that, they can’t just wave it away?

The email is 100% optional though. Also customer can decline a receipt.

… they’re just underpaid and under a lot of pressure from management to try multiple times and in some cases they even get written up for not doing it because it’s deemed part of their job. They hate it just as much as you.

I’ve worked retail and call centre jobs and I can assure you this is many people (at least those who are not too exhausted to care). These workers are constantly pressured to enshitify their service at the expense of theirs and the customer’s experience.

I haven’t worked a counter in over a decade, so can only imagine it’s got worse.

This is sadly very common where I’m from, except you don’t even get a discount from it. I’ve taken to just politely declining, since I’m sure the person working the cash is probably pressured to get people to give their personal info.

“And can get your email?”

“No thank you”

“I need your email for the receipt”

“I appreciate it but no thank you”

It’s a slight non sequitur while still being polite. Saying “no thank you” when someone is pressuring you works well in many situations.

This is why we need a Crysis demake

Ok WTF. Unencrypted PII on prem, just out in a hostile public environment???

Or religious sludge

I’m curious why not? Other than cash it’s all I use

It’s also about knowing that it’s so exclusive that regular people can’t experience it. Take away the pricetag and it’s isn’t nearly so appealing.

Veblen product, innit

There are ways, yes

Yeah I was being obtuse

Google has a browser now?

I’m on 3 active forums and 2 lemmies and 2 mastos and I just leave myself logged in. It’s nothing like that. Somehow that’s still a better user experience than discord