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 (DIR) Post #B6YzruEtO3sDYRelBg by delta@chaos.social
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       The tale of "convenience" is a bit of a trick. A lot of corporate provided services maybe were somewhat convenient a decade ago, but they are now increasingly authoritarian, and people tend to ignore how much time they steal. Total number of hours spent solving captchas or consent screens with #deltachat  #chatmail and #webxdc apps: 0 (zero).  Nada. Zilch. Compare with the estimated 819 million hours which humans spent with Google's recaptcha alone  https://boingboing.net/2025/02/07/recaptcha-819-million-hours-of-wasted-human-time-and-billions-of-dollars-google-profit.html
       
 (DIR) Post #B6ZAIZk0hoK9LDZEUi by h4890@merovingian.club
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       @delta Add to that the incomprehensible captchas. There are some websites I've just given up on. I discovered the other day that it is no longer possible to buy and sell used stuff on a swedish online version of ebay without a smartphone. Bye, bye, swedish online market place!
       
 (DIR) Post #B6ZAYV7XeUbZe1AShc by hidikem@piaille.fr
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       @delta and they will soon require an "official" phone by google or apple, so they can spy on you even on desktop
       
 (DIR) Post #B6ZEhIwOhmGSICPNrM by raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie
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       @delta recaptchaAbusively used when you already have an account!Cultural Imperialism by USA.Also there are non-abusive self hosing solutions to stop fake sign-ups.Once someone has an account they should never see a recaptchaThey are evil!