It is endlessly frustrating that companies have universally decided that they won’t let people say “no” to stuff, ever. There are no longer options to reject stupid-ass new “features”, only postponement until next time you open the app/website/program. They’ll continue pestering you for the rest of your life. I realize that my frustration may be a little over-zealous, but we deal with these interfaces dozens of times per day and this is user hostile behavior. There isn’t really an option to just use another service or program, since the entire technology landscape has been commandeered by a few major corporations, and they all enact the same shitty things as a group.

  • @visiblink@lemmy.sdf.org
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    892 years ago

    This is why we still need Richard Stallman. That guy never gives up on explaining why manipulative, proprietary software is against our interests.

    Use free software – and when you can’t, use ad-blockers, privacy badger, noscript, etc.

    • SokathHisEyesOpenOP
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      102 years ago

      Use NextDNS and you can block everything except for ads that are served as content, like Facebook does.

      • @XpeeN@sopuli.xyz
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        62 years ago

        Use portmaster and rethinkdns to use those filter lists no matter which DNS you choose (I use dnscrypt BTW)