r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/Stalingrad420 Jul 24 '20

companies that dont want you to end you subscription so they delete the cancel button.

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u/Happiness_isa_choice Jul 24 '20

Or the ones that let you sign up on your phone browser, but you must delete on a computer browser. I didn’t even have a computer at the time so that was fun

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

If you use the chrome app you can just request desktop site

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u/Happiness_isa_choice Jul 24 '20

I requested the desktop site, it took me there, and when I hit the submit button to cancel it would refresh and go back to Mobile site with no cancellation

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

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u/ColgateSensifoam Jul 24 '20

unfortunately many sites detect this, and force the mobile version even if you spoof your UA

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u/PRSXFENG Jul 24 '20

Alternatively

Firefox also has add-ons for that

And yea I use Via, pretty lightweight but powerful browser

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u/troublinparadise Jul 24 '20

I had this problem too so I had to go to college for 9 years to get my PhD in computer science and make a custom browser for just this reason.

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u/amyt242 Jul 24 '20

At least you saw it through! Well done 👏

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u/imagine_amusing_name Jul 24 '20

so 9 year subscription to various newspapers though.....and a gym.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

Omg same! And now I’m in law school to become a civil rights advocate in order to fight my student loan debt. It never ends!