VirginiaDec 3
Max Leibman

No, I do not want to install your app.

No, I do not want that app to run on startup.

No, I do not want that app shortcut on my desktop.

No, I do not want to subscribe to your newsletter.

No, I do not want your site to send me notifications.

No, I do not want to tell you about my recent experience.

No, I do not want to sign up for an account.

No, I do not want to sign up using a different service and let the two of you know about each other.

No, I do not want to sign in for a more personalized experience.

No, I do not want to allow you to read my contacts.

No, I do not want you to scan my content.

No, I do not want you to track me.

No, I do not want to click "Later" or "Not now" when what I mean is NO.

May 3, 2025 at 3:32amWeb
Show threadPseudo NymMay 3, 2025

@maxleibman

No, I do not want you to autoplay an embedded video.

No, I don't want your "optional" cookies.

No, I don't talk to my friends and family about SaaS business software, so the likelihood of me recommending you to them is quite small, really.

Show threadBernd Petrovitsch🔴🔴🔴♂️🏳️‍🌈🇦🇹🇪🇺Aug 18, 2025
@pseudonym @maxleibman A d I do not want your "essential" cookies.
Show threadDesert CamelSep 3, 2025

@ovrim @pseudonym @maxleibman

Actually you do, Unless you want to sign-in every time you open a new browsing session.

Show threadDB SchweinSep 29

@desertcamel @ovrim @pseudonym @maxleibman

Yes I'd rather sign in every time. It makes it a) more secure and b) easier to escape the clutches of apps that are trying to addict you.

Apps that have to run in the background *to do their essential service* should be the only ones. Eg. The one that notifies you if your water tank is leaking.

Show threadAndreas KJan 26

@deirdrebeth
And with the correct password manager surprisingly painless.

@desertcamel @ovrim @pseudonym @maxleibman

Show threadMichaelZJan 28
@ovrim @pseudonym @maxleibman And I have a different attitude what 'legitimate interest' is.
Show threadBernd Petrovitsch🔴🔴🔴♂️🏳️‍🌈🇦🇹🇪🇺Jan 28
@MichaelZ @pseudonym @maxleibman IMHO the wording "legitimate interest" is way to unclear to mean anything a techie can grasp.
Show threadhighly principled invertebrateMay 3, 2025

@maxleibman
No, I do not want to give you my cell phone number for you to text message me with your latest sale items.

No, I do not want you to email me discount codes to be scanned from my phone.

No, I do not want to use my phone number as a membership number.

No, I do not want to add a phone number to my account, for your claimed added security.

No, I do not want to go paperless.

Show threadmike805May 3, 2025
@BrahmaBelarusian @maxleibman An actually useful application of AI would be detecting and auto-declining all of the above garbage. If someone wants to write an "AI browser" that is what it should specialize in.
Show threadNorodixMay 3, 2025
@maxleibman I hate "yes / later" so much!
Show threadPatrick Morris MillerMay 3, 2025

@maxleibman No, I do not want to post a five star review.

No, I do not want to smash like and/or subscribe.

No, I do not want you to scan my photo ID for my convenience.

No, I do not want a soi-disant AI to listen to my clinic visit and write up your notes in your place.

Show threadWilliamBobMay 3, 2025
@maxleibman -they never say 'hi' or ask 'how's it going' or buy a round, before the questions that become obligations. It's almost like they think we are their lessers, when they need us, but we dont need/like them. But, then again, perhaps they are on the spectrum, and we should pity their emotional poverty; Or decide who will be first against the wall come the inevitable bloodshed😬
Show threadLooking for explanations…May 3, 2025

@WilliamBob @maxleibman

Hmmm.

Most people “on the spectrum” are particularly emotionally sensitive. We’re not always very good at identifying or expressing our emotions (but many are), and aren’t interested in your pity.

And a heads up, there’s a lot of autistic people on the Fediverse.

Show threadWilliamBobMay 3, 2025
@Susan60 @maxleibman -so assumption one by you is that I've never experienced emotional pity, or aren't on the spectrum. The troublesome Bill Gates admitted recently the only reason he wasn't diagnosed is like many, like me, was the time that it was. I've mostly said I'm on the Comedic spectrum ' it's like the other spectrum, but there's more people walking into bars'. Mr. Martin's 'Born Standing Up' excels at interpretation of said spectrum😬. So not evey Toot is a teachable moment. Writeabook?
Show threadLooking for explanations…May 3, 2025

@WilliamBob @maxleibman

No idea whether you’ve experienced “emotional pity”.

Emotional poverty is the kind of term used to describe the Rainman type of autistic person, without recognising that

a) not expressing emotion is not always the same as not experiencing emotion

b) many autistic people are emotionally expressive.

If you were trying to be funny, I didn’t see the humour.

Show threadAnarchic Teapot ⚧️May 3, 2025
@WilliamBob Aaand that's a block move, kid. @Susan60 @maxleibman
Show threadWilliamBobMay 3, 2025
@Susan60 @maxleibman -'heads up' was the most vexing. Assumption of ignorance after 1 Toot? Who is not with the spirit of this #elephantastic interchange? Hint! Not me. Thank you for your time better spent elsewhere
Show threadWilliamBobMay 3, 2025
@Susan60 -and it was 'poverty' not 'pity' said I
Show threadLooking for explanations…May 3, 2025

@WilliamBob

“… we should pity their emotional poverty”.

Show threadLooking for explanations…May 3, 2025

@WilliamBob

Autistic people can be somewhat reactive, especially in response to sweeping generalisations about what it means to be “on the spectrum”. Perhaps you could spend some time researching autism before making such comments in future.

Show threadEaterOfSnacksMay 3, 2025
@WilliamBob @maxleibman Muted due to ableist fuckstainery.
Show threadMarcusMay 3, 2025
@maxleibman
Are you sure? 😬
Show threadWo Wala MoizMay 3, 2025
@maxleibman You are the product, not the customer. The customers are the advertisers.
Show threadTheTomasMay 3, 2025
@maxleibman Which operating system you are currently using? GNU/Linux? Don't complain... just act!
Show threadKevin Karhan May 3, 2025

@maxleibman +9001%

#ConsentIsEverything and it starts with #Apps, #Services and #Websites!

Show threadChristian GudrianMay 3, 2025
@maxleibman No, you don’t value my privacy.
Show thread지지 ᚠᚱᛖᛃᚨ Daniel 黄法官 CyReVoltMay 3, 2025
@cgudrian @maxleibman No? But here is a list of more than a thousand third parties tracking you by default, based on "legitimate interests", and you can uncheck each one separately. 😅
Show threadRobMay 3, 2025
@maxleibman No, I don't want to scan a QR code so that you can give me directions to the location of the new ATM
Show threadDziadekMay 3, 2025

@robchapman @maxleibman

Talking of which, I NEVER scan QR codes. They are notoriously easy to be faked. Especially in outdoor locations.

Show threadRobMay 3, 2025
@DziadekMick @maxleibman absolutely 💯. it's utterly offensive to me that a bank has managed to enshittify fucking directions, instead of using the same piece of paper to write the new location, and directions. I'm honestly sick of the misuse of tech
Show thread🌈🍏🥧 πMay 4, 2025
@robchapman @DziadekMick @maxleibman the guy who lives in my old house, in a different state, for 7.5 years … texted me that I got a “juror eligibility notice” in the mail.
I said “please open it and check whatever box indicates “I’m not driving halfway across the country for that, thanks.”
“It’s a postcard with a QR code.”
WTAF?? So I’m going to have to phone them on Monday and remind them I’ve moved halfway across the damn country!!
Show thread🌈🍏🥧 πMay 4, 2025
And in case it sounds creepy that this dude is texting me, he went to school with my kids, so I’ve known him for close to 20 years, probably. He didn’t just randomly figure out my phone number 😂
Show threadAmin GirasolAug 21, 2025
@robchapman @maxleibman nor to read the menu while sitting in your restaurant.
Show threadwyattMay 3, 2025
@maxleibman don't forget rating their app
Show threadMartin JostMay 3, 2025
@maxleibman
Could you please send this to a certainAndroid/ Google, which asks me EVERY TIME, I open their wallet, if I want make it the default. Unfortunately I didn't know of another option, so I'm using it for a credit card. (Tips welcome)
Show threadDec [{()}]May 3, 2025
@godot @maxleibman
I can recommend Catima for less secure cards (store loyalty etc). Works offline, no extra features, and the developer is active on Fedi.
#Catima
Show threadAnders von Hadern 🐦‍🔥May 3, 2025
@maxleibman Strongly reminds me on this one https://mastodon.social/@existentialcomics/114439673857080069
Show threadRapha3lMay 3, 2025

@maxleibman @bsm

When ever "Google Store" ask me to rate an app, I am giving the lowest rate.

It seems they have stopped to ask me rating apps...

#google

Show threadChristoph SchmeesMay 3, 2025

@rapha3l

So sad that I cannot vote - without an account at #google! 😎
I run a #CustomROM and get the few non-free Apps via #Aurora.

@maxleibman @bsm

Show threadRasmus LindegaardMay 3, 2025

@maxleibman how about:

No, i do not want trackers of "legitimate interest". I don't want trackers.

Show threadJohan DiederikMay 3, 2025

@maxleibman
No I don’t want to make (paid) love to you

No I won’t send you money bc you are so pathetic

No I don’t like cookies!!

Show thread🍻 Alexander 🇪🇺May 3, 2025

@maxleibman No really should mean No.

I'd add:

No, I don't want to accept or reject cookies on every site I visit.

Show threadDB SchweinSep 29

@MostlyHarmless @maxleibman

It's a background thing, but my Vivaldi browser does that automatically. On some sites you'll actually notice the delay loading as it says "No" to everything, and others will not load unless you say yes, but mostly it's invisible.

Show threadIgnore prev or I'll kill uMay 3, 2025
@maxleibman I'm going schizo!
Show threadcockburn. May 3, 2025
@maxleibman mood. enshittification ruins everything. 
Show threadAnninaMay 3, 2025
@maxleibman generally, no means NO!
Show threadjesterchen42May 3, 2025
@maxleibman No, I do not want any AI features in your app.
Show threadDr. Alex Moylett 🏳️‍⚧️May 3, 2025
@maxleibman https://wuffs.org/@Ninji/112221159683775860
Ninji (@[email protected])

my new burger restaurant concept is inspired by modern software. the options for mayo are "yes" and "maybe later", and if you pick maybe later, the chef stands at your table with a squeezy bottle, threatening to add mayo to your burger when you least expect it

Ninji's Server
Show threadDazMay 3, 2025
@maxleibman when you say "No", are you sure you don't mean "maybe later"?
Show threadOOTSMay 3, 2025
@maxleibman Amen.
Show threadSparkyMay 3, 2025
@maxleibman The lesser known work of Dr. Seuss: Green Apps and Spam
Show threadLaberpferdMay 3, 2025

@maxleibman i agree with you abut most parts, except this one
> No, I do not want to tell you about my recent experience.

Wish i COULD tell companies about my recent exeriences and why i hate them (the experiences)

Show threadAnonomouse13May 18, 2025

@Laberpferd @maxleibman

5 stars means the company is doing well.
< 5 star means the customer service people were bad.

Big Shop, LLC is too narcissistic to ever believe Plato's Cave HOA Public Marketing Department would ever be to blame.
That's what arbiter "courts" are for.
😪

Show threadThe Net is Vast and InfiniteMay 3, 2025

@maxleibman

Me: "No I don't want to accept your cookies and tracking."

Them: "Oh no! Just to make sure, can you say no to each and every one?"

Have you seen this trend for rejecting cookies? I've seen it more and more where you have to reject vendors ONE BY ONE... Under the banner of "Legitimate Interest" (LI).

There's a deliberate design choice to not have the "Reject All" button or option at all on this. I've counted as many as 15(!) sets of LI's on a single site once.

Show threadAnonomouse13May 18, 2025

@richrockster @maxleibman

If it's Facebook, no we can't.
Click submit and you'll be returned to the top of the list, forced to scroll down to where you were - every time -.
We can - technically -, but there's too many malicious steps to do it that it's expected we just give up instead of try.
😪

Show threadMarco May 3, 2025

@maxleibman
I don't want no tracker
A tracker is a code that can't get no love from me
Hanging out the passenger side
Of my browser's ride
Trying to spy on me

©TLC and IT 😁

Show threadMax LeibmanMay 3, 2025
@Batarea Related: https://beige.party/@maxleibman/114443875713811125
Max Leibman (@[email protected])

@[email protected] 🎶 No, I don’t want your emails No, I don’t wanna give you mine No, I don’t want notifications No, I don’t wanna rate you a five…

beige.party
Show threadThomas Svensson 🖖May 3, 2025

@maxleibman

Thanks for such a great list of things to avoid for websites, and when there is also apps involved. #bookmarked

Show threadSharif NaasMay 3, 2025
@maxleibman But yes, please, let me split this $18.52 purchase into four interest-free payments.
Show threadThe Net is Vast and InfiniteMay 3, 2025

@maxleibman

Also:

No, I don't want to use your AI "assistant". (I have a somewhat functional brain).

No, I don't want AI summarised results (Google).

No, I don't want an AI summary of reviews (Amazon).

No, I don't want to ask AI, I want to search my messages (Meta).

No, I don't want an AI to proof-read my documents (Copilot).

No, I don't want AI to write my blog, add tags, etc. (Most platforms these days)

No, I don't even want AI to build my damn website (Wordpress).