The new general #enshittification trend on the #Web: > Please verify you are a human without any Ad Blockers turned on. #Captcha dialogs that don't work unless you turn off your #adblocker .. of course you might allow the specific #tracker that makes the ...
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smallcircles (Humanity Now π)replied to Konrad Hinsen on last edited by
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JobcenterTycoonreplied to smallcircles (Humanity Now π) on last edited by
@smallcircles which site?
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smallcircles (Humanity Now π)replied to JobcenterTycoon on last edited by
Crunchbase, see: https://social.coop/@smallcircles/112081349125511595
The site itself is less relevant (this one intrinsically enshittified), but rather seeing these more often.
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JobcenterTycoonreplied to smallcircles (Humanity Now π) on last edited by
@smallcircles i tested and the captcha works fine with uBlock Origin enabled.
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smallcircles (Humanity Now π)replied to JobcenterTycoon on last edited by
Ah thx, in my case it may have been Privacy Batcher then, which I have also enabled.
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What if you *need* to reach an agency or organisation who puts a #CAPTCHA between you and a contact form submission?
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@hyakinthos @smallcircles I've *never* needed needed to use any site that insists I turn off my adblocker...
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@martin_fff
Thatβs not exactly the question. I also have not needed to use such websites so far, but this will change w/ #digitalTransformation. What happens when, e.g., the gov *requires* you to use their website for something, & the site imposes disabling the ad blocker?I recently needed to reserve part of a road for house construction. The local gov has discontinued in-person applications for reserving public space. Thus I was *forced* to use their website.
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@martin_fff
That website did not require disabling a popup blocker, but for other reasons I donβt recall, the website was unusable to me. So in the end I did not ask permission to use the road.Note that #Mastodonβs webclient is dysfunctional to some extent with popup blockers. If you try to post an image and you want to add some alttext, the mechanism to add the text requires filling out a popup thatβs broken if you block popups.
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smallcircles (Humanity Now π)replied to hyakinthos on last edited by
I chose other. I will try to circumvent in some way or other, but if that barrier becomes too high or impractical, I'll solve the captcha as an exception.