Just let me compute in peace.

[jamesb@fedi.duckduckpigeon.co.uk]

@neil ALL OF THIS

[athanspod@social.linux.pizza]

@neil Hear! Hear!

[justine@snac.smithies.me.uk]

I think that most folk will 150% agree with this and some. Thank you!

[coreysnipes@hachyderm.io]

@neil I was just commiserating with @rose_alibi along these lines.

[neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk]

@coreysnipes @rose_alibi Annoying, isn't it!

[tinker@infosec.exchange]

@neil - Reminds me of that old song with the chorus line that says "Signs, signs, everywhere signs. Blocking up the scenery, breaking my mind."

(apologies for the youtube link. hoping that one doesnt have an ad)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U1b3acUNyGg

[annehargreaves@ioc.exchange]

@neil About those "rate our service" nags, my brother says "No. I bought the thing. I'm not doing your advertising for you".

[neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk]

@annehargreaves Exactly! If I like something else to toot or blog about it, I will do that of my own initiative

[chrisgerhard@mastodon.green]

@neil but how will our 1673 partners be able to truly respect your privacy if they can't put a cookie in your browser....

[wtl@mastodon.social]

@neil @tinker This.

[bonehousewasps@beige.party]

@neil Amen.

[jbaty@social.lol]

@neil Great list! It's exhausting. I keep a similar list on my /nope slash page : https://baty.net/nope/

[neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk]

@jbaty Annoying, isn't it!

[djdarren@mendeddrum.org]

@neil > No, I don’t want your app. You have a website. And yes, if you pretend that I can only do something via your app because I’m on a mobile browser, of course I’ll switch to desktop mode.

Then you get firms like Argos, where they've removed any ability to pay off any of your Argos card balance from their website, so you have to use the app. There is literally no other way to do it. And the app is called MyArgos, so for a while there the launcher I used to use wouldn't see it when I searched for 'Ar', meaning I had to remember its stupid, shitty name.

[neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk]

@DJDarren Arrrrr.

[kentenmakto@mastodon.ie]

@paddyduke @neil Grr, you're reminding me of the email from *someone* (don't ask me to remember who, it was an entire month ago - where the unsubscribe link was not, in fact, a link. So off to spam hell it goes.

(And it was from a vendor I was happy with and will probably buy from again.)

[coreysnipes@hachyderm.io]

@neil And ironically, just leaving me alone is often the simpler, easier path from a technical point of view.

[rodolforg@mastodon.online]

@neil this blogpost should be multilanguage…

[datamancer@twoot.site]

No, I don’t want your chatbot. If I can’t find what I want on your website, you’ve screwed up.

Preach it, @neil

[jetlagjen@gts.phillipsuk.org]

@neil @annehargreaves the most ridiculous thing I've been invited to review was a jar of herbs.

No, Asda, I am not spending time or spoons reviewing my grocery shop, and especially not a single 83p purchase that happened to be part of it.