Dear every programmer working on websites and browsers:
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@joby ah, so you want to download our Custom Browser Bar then?
@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).
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Dear every programmer working on websites and browsers:
I DO NOT WANT TO TRY CHROME.
I DO NOT WANT TO LOG IN WITH MY GOOGLE ACCOUNT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE BACK TO THE DEFAULT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE TO YOURS.
I DO NOT WANT TO SHARE MY LOCATION.
I DO NOT WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO ONE SINGLE NEWSLETTER EVER.
I DO NOT WANT NOTIFICATIONS.
LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE.
You don’t? OK. Well ask you again later:
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Dear every programmer working on websites and browsers:
I DO NOT WANT TO TRY CHROME.
I DO NOT WANT TO LOG IN WITH MY GOOGLE ACCOUNT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE BACK TO THE DEFAULT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE TO YOURS.
I DO NOT WANT TO SHARE MY LOCATION.
I DO NOT WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO ONE SINGLE NEWSLETTER EVER.
I DO NOT WANT NOTIFICATIONS.
LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE.
@joby "Use the app? Or continue with Chrome?"
Fuck you I'm not using Chrome
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@dplattsf oh yeah. I almost forgot. I also do not want to tell you what I think, or rate you on the app store.
@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. -
Dear every programmer working on websites and browsers:
I DO NOT WANT TO TRY CHROME.
I DO NOT WANT TO LOG IN WITH MY GOOGLE ACCOUNT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE BACK TO THE DEFAULT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE TO YOURS.
I DO NOT WANT TO SHARE MY LOCATION.
I DO NOT WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO ONE SINGLE NEWSLETTER EVER.
I DO NOT WANT NOTIFICATIONS.
LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE.
@joby But enough about what YOU want!
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Dear every programmer working on websites and browsers:
I DO NOT WANT TO TRY CHROME.
I DO NOT WANT TO LOG IN WITH MY GOOGLE ACCOUNT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE BACK TO THE DEFAULT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE TO YOURS.
I DO NOT WANT TO SHARE MY LOCATION.
I DO NOT WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO ONE SINGLE NEWSLETTER EVER.
I DO NOT WANT NOTIFICATIONS.
LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE.
@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.
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Dear every programmer working on websites and browsers:
I DO NOT WANT TO TRY CHROME.
I DO NOT WANT TO LOG IN WITH MY GOOGLE ACCOUNT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE BACK TO THE DEFAULT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE TO YOURS.
I DO NOT WANT TO SHARE MY LOCATION.
I DO NOT WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO ONE SINGLE NEWSLETTER EVER.
I DO NOT WANT NOTIFICATIONS.
LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE.
@joby I do not want your cookies.
I do not want your app.
I don't give a * about your "legitimate interest" -
Dear every programmer working on websites and browsers:
I DO NOT WANT TO TRY CHROME.
I DO NOT WANT TO LOG IN WITH MY GOOGLE ACCOUNT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE BACK TO THE DEFAULT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE TO YOURS.
I DO NOT WANT TO SHARE MY LOCATION.
I DO NOT WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO ONE SINGLE NEWSLETTER EVER.
I DO NOT WANT NOTIFICATIONS.
LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE.
@joby I bet someone got a really nice bonus for that feature https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20061101-03/?p=29153
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@joby Also
IF YOU INSIST ON ASKING FOR MY EMAIL I FULLY EXPECT TO BE (angrily) UNSUBSCRIBING FROM YOUR SPAM LIST I DID NOT ASK TO BE ON
@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.)
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Dear every programmer working on websites and browsers:
I DO NOT WANT TO TRY CHROME.
I DO NOT WANT TO LOG IN WITH MY GOOGLE ACCOUNT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE BACK TO THE DEFAULT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE TO YOURS.
I DO NOT WANT TO SHARE MY LOCATION.
I DO NOT WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO ONE SINGLE NEWSLETTER EVER.
I DO NOT WANT NOTIFICATIONS.
LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE.
@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.
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@joby The sad thing is that I actually feel some goodwill towards software developers (building software myself) And believe that truly beautiful software thrives on constant user feedback and that if you make it easy for all your users to help you, you can build something beautiful. Nobody is interested in that business model anymore. Sadly the most broken bits of software also not coincidentally have the worst feedback systems. I once tried to report a bug for something in the Microsoft store and it went to the feedback hub and then it broke the feedback hub and then I moved on.
@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, … -
Dear every programmer working on websites and browsers:
I DO NOT WANT TO TRY CHROME.
I DO NOT WANT TO LOG IN WITH MY GOOGLE ACCOUNT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE BACK TO THE DEFAULT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE TO YOURS.
I DO NOT WANT TO SHARE MY LOCATION.
I DO NOT WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO ONE SINGLE NEWSLETTER EVER.
I DO NOT WANT NOTIFICATIONS.
LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE.
@joby I DO NOT WANT YOUR FUCKING APP
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Dear every programmer working on websites and browsers:
I DO NOT WANT TO TRY CHROME.
I DO NOT WANT TO LOG IN WITH MY GOOGLE ACCOUNT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE BACK TO THE DEFAULT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE TO YOURS.
I DO NOT WANT TO SHARE MY LOCATION.
I DO NOT WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO ONE SINGLE NEWSLETTER EVER.
I DO NOT WANT NOTIFICATIONS.
LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE.
I DO NOT WANT TO REVIEW YOUR FUCKING PRODUCT
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Dear every programmer working on websites and browsers:
I DO NOT WANT TO TRY CHROME.
I DO NOT WANT TO LOG IN WITH MY GOOGLE ACCOUNT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE BACK TO THE DEFAULT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE TO YOURS.
I DO NOT WANT TO SHARE MY LOCATION.
I DO NOT WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO ONE SINGLE NEWSLETTER EVER.
I DO NOT WANT NOTIFICATIONS.
LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE.
@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. -
Dear every programmer working on websites and browsers:
I DO NOT WANT TO TRY CHROME.
I DO NOT WANT TO LOG IN WITH MY GOOGLE ACCOUNT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE BACK TO THE DEFAULT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE TO YOURS.
I DO NOT WANT TO SHARE MY LOCATION.
I DO NOT WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO ONE SINGLE NEWSLETTER EVER.
I DO NOT WANT NOTIFICATIONS.
LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE.
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Dear every programmer working on websites and browsers:
I DO NOT WANT TO TRY CHROME.
I DO NOT WANT TO LOG IN WITH MY GOOGLE ACCOUNT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE BACK TO THE DEFAULT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE TO YOURS.
I DO NOT WANT TO SHARE MY LOCATION.
I DO NOT WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO ONE SINGLE NEWSLETTER EVER.
I DO NOT WANT NOTIFICATIONS.
LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE.
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Dear every programmer working on websites and browsers:
I DO NOT WANT TO TRY CHROME.
I DO NOT WANT TO LOG IN WITH MY GOOGLE ACCOUNT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE BACK TO THE DEFAULT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE TO YOURS.
I DO NOT WANT TO SHARE MY LOCATION.
I DO NOT WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO ONE SINGLE NEWSLETTER EVER.
I DO NOT WANT NOTIFICATIONS.
LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE.
@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:
I DO NOT WANT TO TRY CHROME.
I DO NOT WANT TO LOG IN WITH MY GOOGLE ACCOUNT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE BACK TO THE DEFAULT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE TO YOURS.
I DO NOT WANT TO SHARE MY LOCATION.
I DO NOT WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO ONE SINGLE NEWSLETTER EVER.
I DO NOT WANT NOTIFICATIONS.
LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE.
@joby Imagine the app version of this!
I DO NOT WANT TO SHARE MY PRECISE LOCATION AT ALL TIMES WITH YOUR 1436 PARTNERS
(continues at length)
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@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.
@starsider @joby My thoughts as well.
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Dear every programmer working on websites and browsers:
I DO NOT WANT TO TRY CHROME.
I DO NOT WANT TO LOG IN WITH MY GOOGLE ACCOUNT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE BACK TO THE DEFAULT.
I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE TO YOURS.
I DO NOT WANT TO SHARE MY LOCATION.
I DO NOT WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO ONE SINGLE NEWSLETTER EVER.
I DO NOT WANT NOTIFICATIONS.
LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE.
@joby and i don't want to spin anything before i browse your shop
