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Even if you do use a standard browser, companies will force you to use an app by making there website broken (on purpose?). Random recent example: Nike. Poppin

Even if you do use a standard browser, companies will force you to use an app by making there website broken (on purpose?). Random recent example: Nike. Popping useless errors upon checkout in the webshop. Support: "oh, we're so sorry, just try the app, k bye". Another example of major companies with broken websites more often than not: (European) airline booking websites. And major companies think this is totally fine and doesn't damage their brand? I mean not being able to create a functioning website with unlimited funds in 2024 is not a bad look?!

tracker1 3y ago
My response, "why should I trust you with greater access to my phone when you can't make your website work? How do I know you aren't bundling malware? Considering you are obviously using unqualified developers."
LilBytes 3y ago
Reddit is another example where they've broken the mobile browser experience, to send you to another app. Arguably broken, but in different ways.
- rapnie 3y ago
  LinkedIn, leaders in deceptive design (though given recent HN on internal situation, a more favorable interpretation may be that they can't handle their own bloat and it shows).
  - FabHK 3y ago
    > LinkedIn, leaders in deceptive design Oh, absolutely. One example: You want to connect with someone, and it'll throw up a dialog box on whether you want to add a note, with two buttons "Add Note", "Send". If you now decide that you don't want to connect after all, or want to look up something before composing the note, and close the dialog instead - it still sends the connection request.
- uaserussia 3y ago
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  - Timber-6539 3y ago
    But then you get the desktop version of the site. Never mind that Reddit has a mobile-friendly version (whose design Reddit has kept on bungling too).
    - RF_Savage 3y ago
      The i.reddit mobile site sadly seems to have stopped working. At least for me.
      - nebalee 3y ago
        try adding .i to the end of the url.
    - SilasX 3y ago
      The desktop version is still much more usable on mobile than the "mobile-friendly" version.
n_ary 3y ago
I can show some forgiveness to airlines, because they simply outsource it to some agency somewhere. But I have zero sympathy for giants, like Slack. If I do a "Request the Desktop Site", then it suddenly works(albeit with lot of scrolling) on my Firefox(iOS), but if I disable the "Request the Desktop Site", then it blocks everything and forces me to download the app from AppStore. Sadly, the downloaded app looks like an optimized mobile version of the site.
- ferbivore 3y ago
  That seems backwards to me. Airlines are far more important than Slack, which is why they are regulated and Slack is not. They deserve no forgiveness for denying you service if you use an ad blocker, making you jump through ridiculous hoops to get a good recaptcha score, rejecting transactions so you have to re-buy a at higher price, or any other kind of easily fixable accessibility offence.

tracker1 3y ago

My response, "why should I trust you with greater access to my phone when you can't make your website work? How do I know you aren't bundling malware? Considering you are obviously using unqualified developers."

LilBytes 3y ago

Reddit is another example where they've broken the mobile browser experience, to send you to another app. Arguably broken, but in different ways.

rapnie 3y ago
LinkedIn, leaders in deceptive design (though given recent HN on internal situation, a more favorable interpretation may be that they can't handle their own bloat and it shows).
- FabHK 3y ago
  > LinkedIn, leaders in deceptive design Oh, absolutely. One example: You want to connect with someone, and it'll throw up a dialog box on whether you want to add a note, with two buttons "Add Note", "Send". If you now decide that you don't want to connect after all, or want to look up something before composing the note, and close the dialog instead - it still sends the connection request.
uaserussia 3y ago
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- Timber-6539 3y ago
  But then you get the desktop version of the site. Never mind that Reddit has a mobile-friendly version (whose design Reddit has kept on bungling too).
  - RF_Savage 3y ago
    The i.reddit mobile site sadly seems to have stopped working. At least for me.
    - nebalee 3y ago
      try adding .i to the end of the url.
  - SilasX 3y ago
    The desktop version is still much more usable on mobile than the "mobile-friendly" version.

n_ary 3y ago

I can show some forgiveness to airlines, because they simply outsource it to some agency somewhere. But I have zero sympathy for giants, like Slack. If I do a "Request the Desktop Site", then it suddenly works(albeit with lot of scrolling) on my Firefox(iOS), but if I disable the "Request the Desktop Site", then it blocks everything and forces me to download the app from AppStore. Sadly, the downloaded app looks like an optimized mobile version of the site.

ferbivore 3y ago
That seems backwards to me. Airlines are far more important than Slack, which is why they are regulated and Slack is not. They deserve no forgiveness for denying you service if you use an ad blocker, making you jump through ridiculous hoops to get a good recaptcha score, rejecting transactions so you have to re-buy a at higher price, or any other kind of easily fixable accessibility offence.