Dear every programmer working on websites and browsers:

zompus@phire.place

@joby There's an opportunity to turn this into a Green Eggs and Ham-style rhyme.

directhex@tech.lgbt

@joby @DavidNielsen 15% off your first order, just insert your email address into this modal dialog!!

the_wub@mastodon.social

@joby I turn off location on all my devices for privacy and because the public IP address my internet connection uses is geo-located to a spot over 150 kilometers from where I live.

There is no point in getting a recommendation for great pizzas from a restaurant two and a half hours drive away.

That travelling time is by car. It would take a lot longer for the moped delivery person to arrive with our order.

And with the weather as it is at this time of year the pizzas would arrive frozen.

the_wub@mastodon.social

@Happyfishmedia @joby In a former life working fixing PCs I did actually encounter a browser where the space for the web page content was a thin strip at the bottom of the screen.

This was due to multiple third-party "search bars" having been unwittingly installed by the user.

I remember having to avoid installing a search bar each time I updated Adobe flash.

I sure do miss the old days (NOT).

chrisoliver@indieweb.social

You don’t? OK. Well ask you again later:

https://blog.prototypr.io/not-now-a91c75ad35b6

babble_endanger@freeradical.zone

@joby "Use the app? Or continue with Chrome?"

Fuck you I'm not using Chrome

rest_mah@mamot.fr

@dplattsf @joby now I give feedback when they ask: every time I'm interrupted in my work by their popup to get my opinion on their site, that's the minimal note for them. I always leave a comment to explain that the site is bad because of the popup.
The bar was low: don't disturb; and they failed.
Not sure that it's worth anything but I feel better nonetheless.

epicdemiologist@wandering.shop

@joby But enough about what YOU want!

starsider@valenciapa.ws

@joby I wholeheartedly agree. And most devs probably do, too. Unfortunately they don't make that crap by choice. The problem here are the fuckers with money calling the shots.

ei3jdb@mastodon.radio

@joby I do not want your cookies.
I do not want your app.
I don't give a * about your "legitimate interest"

kakurady@fursuits.online

@joby I bet someone got a really nice bonus for that feature https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20061101-03/?p=29153

ei3jdb@mastodon.radio

@cogdog @joby I own a domain. You will get an email address unique to you. If it gets spam, it will be black-holed (and, most likely, so will you.)

jochenwolters@mastodon.social

@joby @markhurst Should you just so happen to be using Apple Safari as your browser, the extension Stop The Madness Pro will tackle most of those nuisances for you.

jochenwolters@mastodon.social

@dplattsf @joby You can find plenty of small, indie software shops that produce absolutely beautiful software, and listen to their users.

I wish they'd get more publicity in the current debate about #enshittification, and precisely because they “still” _do_ follow that customer-oriented business model that you outline, Darren.

Some companies that come to mind (for the Mac): Red Sweater, Flying Meat (seriously! ), Shiny Frog, Panic, Icon Factory, Omni Group, …

bamfic@autonomous.zone

@joby I DO NOT WANT YOUR FUCKING APP

mastodonmigration@mastodon.online

@joby

I DO NOT WANT TO REVIEW YOUR FUCKING PRODUCT

martlund@mastodon.online

@joby dear Google YES IT'S ME!!!!!!!
And do not update Apple unless you want to spend an hour turning off all the new SHITT nuisances defaults that suck.

jef@mastodon.social

@joby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUzdv3S7KTY

pandachronicle@ohai.social

@joby

db_geek@norden.social

@joby I do not want to chat with your creepy AI chat bot.

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Dear every programmer working on websites and browsers: