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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/43751409

I've started seeing more shit like this, even TVs in exam rooms with ads like this.

In order to add this to the cart, the user must first view their in-house financing advertising. Switching to desktop mode shows an "Add to Cart" button, but focus stealing scripts cause the page to skip around to the point where the page becomes useless.

Of course it looks like shit though. It doesn't size to your screen, it looks like normal teams but really small.

Outlook works in the browser fine, and maybe I don't want to have teams on my personal phone but occasionally want to check things

BuT siDeLOaDInG iS DaNGeRoUS!!

Found on Reddit

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/35275601

This is sneaky, but everyone seems to be doing it these days.

They in big letters advertise €1.53 per month, but on checkout you discover they don't offer any monthly payment plans, you can only pay annually, and paying "only" one year upfront the price is 36% higher. For the price you thought you'd be getting you need to pay 3 years upfront.

I just went to charge my kitchen scale and it wouldn’t work until I dug out a USB-A -> C cable and plugged it into my desktop…

It just reminded me of how many devices like that I have. This scale, my wife’s sound torc, some car jumperstarters, and I think a one or two more…

I assume it’s because they just slap a usbc port on a dumb 5v circuit that doesn’t have a power negotiation controller. So the cable and the charger cant figure out the power needs of the device are and just never send any.

place is "Happy Italy", some restaurant chain

edit: funny thing is, I was already subscribed to the newsletter, it's how I got here in the first place. Unsubscribed now though.

Eventbrite sends email verifying it’s me, puts the link for “Not you, let us know” almost overlapping with verify link.

If you manage to actually select the verify link, of course, the servers are conveniently down. Not to mention all of the irrelevant and invasive data pilfering questions they ask such as: what is your age, gender, highest level of education. Totally necessary to attend a concert, right? Fuck you, EventShite!!

If you click disagree, the site just doesn’t work at all. Instead, gadgethacks.com shows you this.

You know, normal sites make you accept the bare minimum that is required for the site to function, and give you an option to accept or reject all the tracking cancer and advertising plague.

If you hit "next", the consent window opens again and if you refuse any of them, you get put back at this screen so you're stuck in a loop.

This shitty practice is even endorsed by Google, as they are promoting this game to try out and earn points.

Edit: game is called Jewel Gold Empire: Match 3 and it's from some Korean company it seems: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.penta.empire.google

Obviously I uninstalled it immediately after

This image is not mine, it's from u/Andireas_Germany on Reddit

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21411815

fuck you X

I had more screen space for reading with my Nokia 3310.

The app is Clime Pro on iOS, they lock full access to Hurricane Milton data behind a $10 USD per week paywall.

If you’re in the area impacted by Milton, you can find publicly available resources at the National Hurricane Center’s website: National Hurricane Center

Purposefully deceitful toggle switch colours. Am I saving my preference to receive none, or to receive all? Found on clevertap.com's mailing list service.

Gift articles previously were accessible just with the link. The latest article I attempted to read now requires me to first sign up

edit

The article in question https://wapo.st/4fp62oH

I am well aware of many work arounds. The point of this post was to show wapo has changed the way gift articles work, which previously didn’t require a workaround

This is after forcing login to a store account:

At least they don’t hide in their ToS that:

“l agree to let Walmart monitor my use of Walmart WiFi, including to:

• Determine my presence in Walmart stores
• Associate information about me with my Walmart account
• Improve products and services
• Gather market insights about my in-store purchases and activities”

But that’s not enough, they need to monitor your internet activity further too.

For further reading, some greatest hits (the section headers on Wiki’s Criticism of Walmart):

• Local communities
• Allegations of predatory pricing and supplier issues
• Labor relations
• Poorly run and understaffed stores
• No AEDs in stores (automated external defibrillators)
• Imports and globalization
• Product selection
• Taxes
• Animal welfare
• Midtown Walmart
• Opioids settlement

On mobile, it prompts you to either "get the app" or "open app" with no way to click past. Screenshot won't upload.

This is worse from several months ago https://lemmy.today/post/8935690

Not mine but this is actually what I did too.

I said I plan to charge back on my credit card. They threatened that if I did that, they can't promise my account wouldnt be flagged.

I said "bet" and they removed the cancellation fee and cancelled the service.