I was actually there because i was considering creating an account and wanted to check it out.
Then they pop one of those and lost me for ever!
I hate those
Hehe, denial of service for no reason beyond forced data collection is so quirky! Yeah, capitalism is squeezing the life out of modern culture, but in a fun way!
We can’t even browse products in some online shops anymore without a login. That’s so infuriating.
What?! Some sites have been going the route of buying without an account for some time now… I hope people going “Hell nah” will make them rethink or shut down.
for no reason beyond forced data collection
Meh. It’s to prevent bots and spam also.
Not sure how forced account creation would help with either of those. Both are only problems when they already have accounts.
Not sure how forced account creation would help with either of those.
Because in order to get an account, you have to pass tests designed to tell if you’re a bot.
If this sort of thing only popped up when posting comments, then sure. If it’s to VIEW the damn site, that will only affect actual people.
Whoa whoa, you didn’t do it?! But, it might be the best decision you make in your life!
I think you can block the elements with uBlock but I don’t really use that site past some search results leading to it.
This is not an asshole design, this is the designers being assholes… WTF do you mean the best thing in my life ???.. So the best moment in my life is me signing up to a digital platform… 🤦♂️
To me it’s because of the different roles of the job
writing text on a mockup is usually the UX writer job, designing the interface is the UI designers job, if you go out of your way to write something like this, you know they’re doing it on purpose, or at least they know what they’re doing enough to push the user to act…
Asshole design to me has to do with the functionality like for example, you click on a button and it does something else, or designing a fake button where the user clicks but it doesn’t do anything… It’s blank… Or a piece of artwork that’s offensive… Etc
This is asshole writing ( it’s more direct ), so that’s why I said designers being assholes