this post was submitted on 28 May 2024
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This is a community for designs specifically crafted to make the experience worse for the user. This can be due to greed, apathy, laziness or just downright scumbaggery.

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I was actually there because i was considering creating an account and wanted to check it out.

Then they pop one of those and lost me for ever!

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[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Hehe, denial of service for no reason beyond forced data collection is so quirky! Yeah, capitalism is squeezing the life out of modern culture, but in a fun way!

[–] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 4 months ago

We can't even browse products in some online shops anymore without a login. That's so infuriating.

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

for no reason beyond forced data collection

Meh. It's to prevent bots and spam also.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Not sure how forced account creation would help with either of those. Both are only problems when they already have accounts.