• utopiah@lemmy.ml
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    9 hours ago

    If you do move on, please take a minute to contact the Website or service and tell them why. If “we” just collectively walk out they might not understand why.

    In order to make this easier I wrote a short template :

    To whom it may concern, I tried visiting your Website today to use your service as it looked like what I need. Unfortunately the verification method you use requires a mobile phone verified by Google. This is not something I have nor do I want to due to privacy concern. Google being a large and powerful advertising company I do not trust them with my data. Do you have an alternative way for me to confirm that I am indeed not a bot that puts your service at risk?

    Feel free to use this verbatim or adapt it and share back.

    • NutWrench@lemmy.ml
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      8 hours ago

      One of the nice things about the Internet is that it has a way of routing around “damage.” It’s the end users who give it value and if they decide that a website doesn’t offer any or is attempting to invade our privacy, then we just don’t connect to it.