The De Selby Codex 🇪🇺 @blogdignag.bsky.social · 07/09/2026It's not hard. Don't drive. You're killing the planet. Don't order online. Shops exist and if they happen to ask for your email say "no". Pay by cash. 000
Duane Bidoux 🇨🇦🇵🇦🇳🇱🇬🇱🇫🇷🇪🇺🇺🇦 @duanebidoux.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I just switched to DuckDuckGo for my phone and was very pleasantly surprised to be able to choose bookmarks for my home page instead of being forced to get an app for the website I wanted to have quickly available. That alone made the switch from Chrome/Google worth it. 2151
J Booksy @jbooksy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026When barcodes first became a thing, and when grocery store cards first became a thing, some people said those were terrible ideas, the start of a surveillance state, and most people yawned. And now here we are. 191
progsrock @progsrock.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Quite possibly the best sign ever. A middle finger to big tech's takeover of everything imaginable. 010
Phil050pher @phil050pher.bsky.social · 06/09/2026There's no advantage for us to any of this. None. No convenience, although they try to create the illusion of it. No benefit, despite their boast that "This allows us to target the ads/products/messages you see to better suit your needs and preferences!" It's all a con. 000
Maurice.bsky.social @thelastlafayette.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The Walgreens workers don’t bother asking me anymore. Cash is King and no, I won’t put in my phone number. 060
cdrak0715.bsky.social @cdrak0715.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Years ago, Radio Shack employees would ask for address and phone number. This is an extension of that. 010
Anne Tifa @anne-tifa.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The store Five Below asked me for my email on a $2.12 purchase. I almost just left the store. 121
Blandy Fisher @blandyfisher.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I refuse to install my insurance company's safe driving app on my phone. I know my map apps know where I am every second, but that's a bridge too far. 190
Nyebodnye @nyebodnye.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I've found that you can create a random email account so you can receive email, but if it gets found, you just create a new one, so who cares if spammers find it. 000
FreedomTakesWork @grandpabg.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Now imagine you’re a senior citizen on a fixed income and can’t afford to leave your house and can’t get the medication you need because you have to have a smartphone with a data plan. We live in a culture of cruelty where RFKjr says how much money it would save if you simply died sooner than later. 021
That.guy.there @ohyes-yesir.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I REFUSE TO SEE AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT HEADLINE OF NEWS THAT MAY AFFECT, NOT JUST MY LIFE, BUT EVERYONE'S... AND BE BLOCKED FROM READING THE ARTICLE WITHOUT A GODDAMN SUBSCRIPTION OR MY EMAIL. 000
dkcoon.bsky.social @dkcoon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026We 100% Agree...We Avoid Entire Towns That We Used To Shop In Because Of This Parking App Required Nonsense.... 041
claytonzippo.bsky.social @claytonzippo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Hair Salons are doing this, as well. I’m having a hard time finding a new salon where I can just make an appt over the phone. I’ve been cutting my own hair. 100
Sheclawya @sheclawya.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I miss not being requested a damn survey after whatever I may buy or look online for. 000
rileyrussell81.bsky.social @rileyrussell81.bsky.social · 06/09/2026This all started with Radio Shack asking for your name and address.static.klipy.comClosed RadioShack Store at NightALT: Closed RadioShack Store at Night 000
Sheldon R. Hicks @thesheldonhicks.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I refuse to forward posts that could be AI as factual, unless and until I am fully convinced they aren't AI. (No matter how much I agree with the sentiment expressed) 000
Secret Agent 75 @somethingwickedtwd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I really need to reorganise my emails. I intend to create one called something like iwillneverreadthis or eternalgarbagedump or something, specifically so that all the companies who take that email address will understand the regard in which I hold them! 010
RoxSheep @roxsheep.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I refuse to use my debit card for a $5 order at a fast food joint. In fact, I get amused watching the cashier try to figure out my change. 100
Marf @marv88-88.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I went to get a haircut and the guy told me I had to scan a QR code to make appointments I haven't been back there. 010
Cole @cohenstuarta.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Fortune 100 profits off the greater population’s rampant stupidity 000
Piratemommy @mommypirate2.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I hope these businesses know how many people just move on when they require your firstborn etc. 011
Apple @hardciderblues.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Fuck ‘em up—go back to paying cash and they can’t track jack shit. 😂😂😂😂 000
William joseph Rose @billrose.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Indeed. I thought it was just me being old.🤷♂️ 000
presidentjefferson @presidentjefferson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Computers (aps) save you time and take your time, too. In balance, they whittle away years of our lives. 000
JoJo Mineo @jojomineo69.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I refuse to do ANY of that shizz!! I don't even carry my cell-phone with me ANYWHERE except on long road trips (that would be minimum 4 hours R/T by car) most of the time my phone is OFF and tucked away in a drawer of my smaller bedroom bureau. I lived for 35 YEARS without ever touching a computer!! 020
Jimmy Carl @jimmycarl.bsky.social · 06/09/2026🚫I refuse to be forced to pay, for goods & services, by credit card, rather than cash. 🚫 I refuse to be forced to pay bills by credit card, or recurring payment, rather than by check. 🚫 I refuse to be paid, for my wages or retirement, by deposit to a bank, rather than by check directly to me. 000
Ian-Michael Golden-Perez @pictureitsicily44.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I just love all your posts!! You are EXCELLENT people 4fuxake!!😃👍 000
ProBon @probon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026And yet here we are, on an app that requires a verified email address to register an account. You're not anonymous to everyone if you're known to anyone. 000
JonnyMeBoy @jonnymeboy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Medical/health-related stuff---some of it necessary to stay alive---is where this gets REALLY scary. 000
Boppa Poopity @boppapoopity.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I refuse to use self checkout, because I don't work there! Even if you want to invite me to the Christmas party, I will not self checkout. 110
shiftyclown.bsky.social @shiftyclown.bsky.social · 06/09/2026We could fix it if we make them pay us for our data. Want my data? Pay me! 060
nmmtns.bsky.social @nmmtns.bsky.social · 06/09/2026A lot of tracking info can be opted out of in your Google account. Turn off wifi, Bluetooth, 5G when your out unless you need them. Phone will still ping off towers, even when off in some cases, but you can buy a sleave or case to place it in that will block all signals to and from your phone. 000
nmmtns.bsky.social @nmmtns.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Imagine someone followed you around every minute of your woken life with a notebook and video cam, taking notes on every single thing you did. That's the life we're living. 000
🧡🐕🧡ISLAtheMightyToyFoxTerrier 💛💙🌻🇺🇦🌻💙💛 📎📎 @truthseeker1983.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Businesses sell customer data to data brokers who pay zero attention to privacy and security concerns. The US govt purchases data from these data brokers. The data brokers have most of the elec reps in their pockets. That's why laws to protect people's privacy don't get passed. 033
CaringMom @sclen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Now they are using our name in advertising on youtube. Disgusting, intrusive & insulting! I would never buy their product or service. These companies have no respect for our privacy. 000
waiting74patiently @waiting74patiently.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Tech has gotten quite out of hand, but as long as there are some of you who go along with this forced registration the Corporatists will continue to demand more. Don't bend the knee to corporate greed! 050
Trump and all GOP/MAGA are Pedophiles! @budincanada.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I refuse to use a smartphone that tracks everything I do and everywhere I go and sends the information to Palantir. 010
🗿🌊🌎🛡️AntiFAbe🛡️🌍🌊🗿 @abewust.bsky.social · 06/09/2026'Surveillance capitalism is a concept in political economics which denotes the widespread collection and commodification of personal data by corporations. (..)' Surveillance capitalism en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveil...en.wikipedia.orgSurveillance capitalism - Wikipedia 000
Grandpa Rob @grandparob.bsky.social · 07/09/2026And I HATE the insistence of needing a smartphone for everything. Scan QR or barcode to get anything, download passport and car insurance as proof of your bonafides. That device is you, digitized! 000
David @corleyd2.bsky.social · 06/09/2026My family gives me so much grief for being like this post. 000
laughingaway.bsky.social @laughingaway.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I do not and will not carry a cellphone. 000
Mankini (homoerectus) @olivecnwood.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Shoulder shrug, I’m not that interesting for me to be bothered about it. Have fun tracking me at the tim hortons 5 times a day 🤷😂☕️ youtu.be/7YvAYIJSSZYyoutu.beRockwell - Somebody's Watching Me (Official Music Video)YouTube video by RockwellVEVO 000
MsBaytopp2 @msbaytopp2.bsky.social · 07/09/2026It’s ridiculous. I refuse to do it, unless absolutely necessary. And now, my phone is older, so some apps aren’t compatible. 000
Dagda.GreenLeaf @dagdagreenleaf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026It is as easy to turn it off as it was to turn it on...and think of the money you'll save, not upgrading every time they tell you to, and having to experience the whole world through a 4" pay window. Consumers who withhold their money actually have all the power...try it. 001
YvetteJR718☮️💙♋️ ♎️❌ @yvettejr718.bsky.social · 06/09/2026This guy sounds like a younger male version of me. 020
End this Nov 3rd 🔵 @thepointbeing.bsky.social · 06/09/2026You can just far less convenient. do it in person pay with cash 101
Jack North @jack-north.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Same here. Although I have scanned QR for menu a few times. 000
DeedsMcDeeDee @deedeedeeds.bsky.social · 06/09/2026It concerns me that when I mention I’m thinking about buying an item and all of a sudden my social media feeds are filled with ads with the thing I mentioned. 280
The Enemy Within, I guess? @callic.bsky.social · 06/09/2026One of my required health apps wanted access to my hipaa information. Once I read the terms, and it explained you give permission to sell your data to 3rd parties, I immediately declined. How many people don't bother to read the terms. 141
Visible Cricket 🇨🇦🇮🇪🛶🥾🎿🥌 @visiblecricket.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Totally agree with all, but the first. I use the Green P around the GTA, and I find it more efficient than cash. But that’s just me, in my situation 000
