Modern Web Woes - I'm mad at the internet

[TheTitKoker]

you often have no choice but to use certain privacy-invading apps for your job or for basic functionality, especially on mobile devices

For work only really, everything personal can and should be run through Firefox+uBlock, period. Banking shit works perfectly fine via browser and that's the typical and only real valid argument I ever see.

I am still trying to come up with a solution for paywalls within video iframes, though. If somebody has an idea for how to get around stuff like this I would be much obliged.

There are literally other, better sites that upload new shit and don't paywall.

 

[Hepativore]

For work only really, everything personal can and should be run through Firefox+uBlock, period. Banking shit works perfectly fine via browser and that's the typical and only real valid argument I ever see.

It is not my bank app, as it still works after you close the "Google Play services required" push notification after you open the bank app.

At work, employees are required to use something called Microslop Authenticator on our phones to log into our company emails on our work desktop computers and it constantly runs in the background of the phone as long as you have our company email client open.

 

[TheTitKoker]

as long as you have our company email client open.

So force-close as soon as you clock out. Or have some cheap and miserable work phone that doesn't go home after you punch out. Solutions are plenty out there, but we as a species are lazy pieces of shit and are naturally addicted to "convenience" and all-in-one Brother printers.

 

[306h4Ge5eJUJ]

Then sites tarted getting optimized for Internet Exploder Explorer, but could still work alright on other browsers.

I hate the Chrome monopoly as much as the next guy (probably more than the next guy, really), but the "optimized for Internet Explorer" age was way worse. At least Google fixes bugs in their piece of shit browser.

 

[SchizoDaemon]

I hate the Chrome monopoly as much as the next guy (probably more than the next guy, really), but the "optimized for Internet Explorer" age was way worse. At least Google fixes bugs in their piece of shit browser.

Apple do not make any effort in updating safari on iOS. Bugs with various CSS layout haven't been fixed in a decade.

 

[sodaboard]

im trying to register an account on a payment processor site, they refuse to let you sign up on the website and only do it through the APP
so i install their retarded APP on my old phone and it complains that it's out of date. then i installed their gay retarded APP on my new phone and it complains that it's rooted/failed safetynet checks. so i install their gay retarded fucking APP on an old iPad i have laying around and start to go through the setup process, but it's assuming i'm trying to setup a personal account instead of a business account and asking me irrelevant shit like annual income and my SSN and my personal address instead of business-related info. then my iPad died so i gave up.
how is paypal still the most competent payment processor?

 

[TheHarbinger]

Now sites may not work right on any browser. So you click on a link and you may see only a blank white field of BS.

You can tell that most sites are optimized for mobile. This site is no exception anymore either. The new video player is clearly for mobile devices. And half of the posts on this forum are low effort single sentence posts or just an embedded social media link with no text. These are obviously being done from phone users who aren't here to actually have conversations but are coming from reddit and treating this site like social media. There was a rule in A&N where single word posts would get you banned but that should honestly just apply site wide.

im trying to register an account on a payment processor site, they refuse to let you sign up on the website and only do it through the APP

This should be illegal. Requiring a phone, especially a smart phone, for anything should be restricted. But of course it's not going in the opposite direction where practically everything online is going to require a modern smart phone with the latest software updates and identity verification.

 

[Curry Teafag]

And half of the posts on this forum are low effort single sentence posts or just an embedded social media link with no text.

This offends me; I make my low-effort single-sentence posts from a PC with a 31.5" OLED monitor.

 

[debristar]

I can flash my phone to use a non-pozzed ROM. However if they mandate a bunch of stuff through law, it maybe made impossible to do that.

this wouldn't be a problem at that point because humans will find other methods of secure communication.

we can always just go back to sending messages via wife or your security detail.

how hard is it to deliver text securely?

 

[Kosher Dill]

we can always just go back to sending messages via wife

It says I'm 8530th in line to send a message via your wife, this sucks.

 

[SchizoDaemon]

this wouldn't be a problem at that point because humans will find other methods of secure communication.

We are talking about online communications that reasonably accessible for most people.

we can always just go back to sending messages via wife or your security detail.

I don't have a wife or a security detail. Do I not get to send messages?

how hard is it to deliver text securely?

It has been a problem for the last 2000 years or more. It is an ongoing issue.

 

[⋖ cørdion ⋗]

I still remember the day I saw streamers be told about Discord. "no bro it's totally the new thing bro, install it". I figured it another short-lived telegram gimmick that'd only appeal to drugdealers and furries, but alas here we are.

 

[Sooty Soot]

I still remember the day I saw streamers be told about Discord. "no bro it's totally the new thing bro, install it". I figured it another short-lived telegram gimmick that'd only appeal to drugdealers and furries, but alas here we are.

I remember when people talked over TeamSpeak and Skype, good times.

 

[Paul Revere Pantry Raider]

I still remember the day I saw streamers be told about Discord. "no bro it's totally the new thing bro, install it". I figured it another short-lived telegram gimmick that'd only appeal to drugdealers and furries, but alas here we are.

Yeah. It also appeals to pedophiles.

 

[teriyakiburns]

I still remember the day I saw streamers be told about Discord. "no bro it's totally the new thing bro, install it". I figured it another short-lived telegram gimmick that'd only appeal to drugdealers and furries, but alas here we are.

Less of a surprise when you realise how many were using Slack at the time. It was basically the same, but free.

 

[Dante Alighieri]

Less of a surprise when you realise how many were using Slack at the time. It was basically the same, but free.

Yeah before Discord took over it was Slack, Skype, Raidcall, and maybe a Ventrilo/Teamspeak server. Discord happened and was just so convenient for everything.

 

[Big Fish]

Less of a surprise when you realise how many were using Slack at the time. It was basically the same, but free.

I checked out the Slack website out of curiosity only to see it got completly pajeetified with jeety interface and AI bots.

Spoiler: Page screenshots (Mobilefag, sorry)

Also includes selling your soul subscription plans! Match made in sewage.

Good God, can these corporate hacks stop inserting AI chatbots everywhere? We already have Copilot and Gemini shoved down our throats! Another alternative for Shitcord that goes to the trash. Guess I'll stick to e-mails and XMPP as viable alternatives then.

 

[The ATF Disliked That]

Yup, YouTube has officially gone full enshittification. You have to be logged into your account to be able to watch any videos now before it gives you the "Something went wrong" error. Ban all jeets from technology and cut jeetland off from the rest of the world.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

>be ToroidalBoat
>need to sign in to eBay account
>"send verification code" to email or text
>pick 2nd one
>never get the text
>the number is an unused former number
>no options to change it back to email
>contact customer service
>stupid perky-sounding robot says that the call may be recorded to use with "artificial intelligence"
>enter security code provided by the website
>reach an actual person
>guy with an Indian accent answers because it's 2026
>my username is so generic he has to ask a bunch of random security questions with no answers that apply
>he cannot just change that damn verification method
>that "solution" is to just make a new account
>cannot make a new account with the same email

FFFUUU ...

If this were 2006 or even as late as 2016, there'd be none of this lobotomized bullshit because a password would be all that's needed.

 

[Critical Raxx Theory]

Yeah I had an Amazon account, the card associated with it expired, and I rarely buy anything from there. Now I can't log in because I can't verify the card associated with the account, so im locked out.