link https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33675112

this thread is filled with insane shit

all about things technology has done to actively make life worse for us all

  • blobjim [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    On the ethical side I built a paywall for a billion dollar news company and stoped people from bypassing it, then they change the cancel button for a call customer support button to effectively steal money from the elderly etc who signed up but don't want to go through the long cancel process

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      I spent a day on the phone playing operator tag while trying to cancel my Houston Chronicle subscription. At the end, I just called my credit card and told them to stop payment.