@xmunk@Sprite A dark pattern I DESPISE is the public WiFi at a local grocery store - after agreeing to the network’s TOS you have to sign up for their newsletter to continue… unless you scroll down and click an un-highlighted button that says “no thanks, take me to wifi”
Because if you’re like me, I can use my phone in a nuclear fallout shelter or at Point Nemo in the Pacific and still have 2 bars of 5G, but the moment I step into the Home Depot or Kroger by my house, my phone barely manages a single bar of non-data service. If I need to make a call or look something up in the store, I have to use the in-store Wi-Fi.
@xmunk @Sprite A dark pattern I DESPISE is the public WiFi at a local grocery store - after agreeing to the network’s TOS you have to sign up for their newsletter to continue… unless you scroll down and click an un-highlighted button that says “no thanks, take me to wifi”
Or the newsletter options that are straight up rude…
SIGN ME UP!!!
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no thanks I hate saving money, and myself, and I kick puppies.
That does sound bad, but a grocery store’s wifi? Why would one be using that?
Because if you’re like me, I can use my phone in a nuclear fallout shelter or at Point Nemo in the Pacific and still have 2 bars of 5G, but the moment I step into the Home Depot or Kroger by my house, my phone barely manages a single bar of non-data service. If I need to make a call or look something up in the store, I have to use the in-store Wi-Fi.
Ah. Makes sense. I’ve only ever experienced that in one store, but I get it now.
@aulin I don’t use data and wanted to be able to use the internet on my break at work
Just write some fake address like aaaa@aaaaa.aa, works 99% of the time
Sure… but also - fuck whoever wrote that. (And if you’re going to use a fake address please use @example.com)
I just use “abuse@” for things like those, and have yet to have it rejected.