How come Quora's internal search always says 'Oops something went wrong' on all browsers when not signed in?

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[–]Myocarditis-Man 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Confirming this; more and more websites are being redesigned to provide near-zero functionality to visitors who do not have or want an account, and it's creepy as fuck. Also another reason for me to spend less time online. Deviantart being the biggest example that currently springs to mind.

I guess if clued-in people like myself refuse to use a malicious operating system or web browser that has anti-features embedded in it like globally unique identifiers or advertising IDs, then they have to find some other way to track us.

Luckily many of these websites can still be registered for with a disposable email address...

Making people register to post content (mostly) makes sense for accountability's sake, but making people register merely to view/read content which is already on the site is another example of tech companies "grabbing me by the &%$#", as a former president would say, and I am really not a fan of, or amused by that particular modern business trend.

[–]tiny-brown-mug 0 insightful - 1 fun0 insightful - 0 fun1 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yep. Something I've noticed, too... you now have the options to "Sign in with Google", "Sign in with Apple", or "Sign in with Facebook". What? So, they're pressuring us to sign in using the three biggest collectors of data and private information out there, companies who keep scanning our everything and amassing huge amounts of info on us.

I don't mind them trying to sell me Nikes. I seriously don't care about that. But I do care about them turning that data over to Flowers By Ingrid, and using that data to punish civilians for wrong think. This is already happening. People have lost their jobs, been fined, been arrested, and gone to jail over social media posts.

I agree that not even allowing people to read or browse without letting Apple, Google, or Meta crawl all over your stats is stupid. How do I know whether or not I want to join something unless I get a sense for what it is?