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This is a community for designs specifically crafted to make the experience worse for the user. This can be due to greed, apathy, laziness or just downright scumbaggery.

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We can't even pump fuel anymore without holding a digital billboard (Netherlands) (infosec.pub)
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[โ€“] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I never quite figured out what's the problem holding the nozzle for less than 2 minutes while filling up.

[โ€“] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Because its unnecessary. The very simple technology exists where you don't have to. Why do something needless like that just because?