Paypal and Yelp
Sep. 15th, 2022 11:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ceagleThose two companies are currently on my $#!^ list for overbearing, or untested, or invasive programming and policies. *grrrrrr*
I recently discovered that Yelp is soooooooooo overprogrammed that it does not allow writing of reviews anymore except with the very latest browser(s). I had to load Edge to get the review U.I. to work. With my standard Chrome (from 2020) it just shows you the User Interface, but nothing works... clicking on the star ratings, typing in the review field... nothing. In cases like this, I have to turn to my Work machine, which I keep tortured with all the very latest software jive.
And then Paypal... gack. This is a policy/combo/programming debacle.
They now *require* a phone number from a finite list of providers... and GoogleVoice (which I use) is not one of them. So to check one's account activity, it won't let you in unless you add one of their chosen numbers. So I can still buy things, so far, but I just can't make changes to my account for now.
Just for giggles, I even let their "processing" endless loop run when I went to sleep, but it looks like it overloaded my swap file and crashed the computer after about 8 hours ;/
Both of the above companies are cited with lots of complaints via the intarnetz. I couldn't find specifics on the Yelp issue, but there are plenty of other gripes, and their help system is no party either.
The Paypal one *does* have thousands of complaints about the specific issue though, which apparently has been going on for nearly a year. Their useless phone support yielded nothing, except forcing me to change my password several times... nor did any of the people on the line offer *any* knowledge of getting around this dilemma. It appears at least for now that Paypal has no desire to keep anyone around who does not submit a cel phone number for their rape-fest.
I recently discovered that Yelp is soooooooooo overprogrammed that it does not allow writing of reviews anymore except with the very latest browser(s). I had to load Edge to get the review U.I. to work. With my standard Chrome (from 2020) it just shows you the User Interface, but nothing works... clicking on the star ratings, typing in the review field... nothing. In cases like this, I have to turn to my Work machine, which I keep tortured with all the very latest software jive.
And then Paypal... gack. This is a policy/combo/programming debacle.
They now *require* a phone number from a finite list of providers... and GoogleVoice (which I use) is not one of them. So to check one's account activity, it won't let you in unless you add one of their chosen numbers. So I can still buy things, so far, but I just can't make changes to my account for now.
Just for giggles, I even let their "processing" endless loop run when I went to sleep, but it looks like it overloaded my swap file and crashed the computer after about 8 hours ;/
Both of the above companies are cited with lots of complaints via the intarnetz. I couldn't find specifics on the Yelp issue, but there are plenty of other gripes, and their help system is no party either.
The Paypal one *does* have thousands of complaints about the specific issue though, which apparently has been going on for nearly a year. Their useless phone support yielded nothing, except forcing me to change my password several times... nor did any of the people on the line offer *any* knowledge of getting around this dilemma. It appears at least for now that Paypal has no desire to keep anyone around who does not submit a cel phone number for their rape-fest.
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Date: 2022-09-22 07:28 am (UTC)I did test it with another purchase a few days ago, and luckily that is still working. Will just have to use their phone assist I guess if I need to check or make changes to the profile.. at least until somebody sues them and they back off of this policy :P
ah Yelp... wow, it has really helped me find good local technicians. I just use my email to sign in though... I don't like that "sign in with FBook" on any site! Seems kinda prying...