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Its pretty concerning that lines between desktop and web are blurring and the oses are platforming. Some additional things I feel are pretty hostile. * Paypal
by defnotashton2 7y ago
Its pretty concerning that lines between desktop and web are blurring and the oses are platforming. Some additional things I feel are pretty hostile.
* Paypal - defaulting fee based payment options rather than "free ones" or allowing user to set a default.
* Google maps - Searching for "jiffy lube" will show you the business entry and its reviews. If you search for "oil change" it will show you a jiffy lube "ad" that looks the same as the entry but if the reviews are bad they are hidden. In this particular case the location had several thousand bad reviews.
* Google maps - restaurants "menu" button takes me to a page of a bunch of customer uploaded images.
* Amazon app - why isn't "returns" a main menu item for amazon mobile app.
* Uber eats/grub hub/favor - app carts hide fee increases to account for minimum spends meaning you are loosing out on another item for the same amount, and make it harder than it should be to remove items from cart.
* Nordevpn desktop app - hides the logout button in right click -> preferences.
* Apple/Google stores - make it difficult to view recurring subscriptions, and to request a refund.
* Chrome - over the last year I've had to go into settings and tell chrome to not allow sites to offer me notifications so many times. I don't understand why I have to keep resetting it with sync and similar.
* google images - pretty worthless thanks to pintrest, and that I cant download images cause bs corp ip laws.
* Image sharing - still getting more difficult in 2019.
* App notifications - more and more apps push unimportant notifications or spam for engagement while lacking granular controls. I find myself disabling more and more notifications outright only to miss a notification that I actually care about.
Remember that we are techies, "hyper" aware of these decisions and their implications. What about nana? We are loosing digital agency.