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Re: Splitting The Web

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> That leaves me the problem of how to adapt since I do not
> own a smart phone and I am paying more for certain things
> due to my not having one.

Same thing with me in Russia: discrimination against people
without smartphones, or not wishing to clutter their
smartphones with the "apps" of every shop the visit.
Futhermore, I can no longer use many internet shops and do
other things on the web wihout a phone becase of a mandatory
2FA or the abandonment of e-mail in favour of proprietary
messengers and SMS for notifications and communication in
general. Some shops have you registed in a social network
(VK) in order to become their client!

In fact, I hate the so-called loyaty programs, because they
are about anything /but/ loyaty, and make some clients pay
unreasonable high prices in order than other ones may pay
lower prices, whereas the actual cost or servising a client
does not depend on whether he participates in the so-called
loyalty program.

And what nasty a word choice!  Loyalty is unselfish
faithfulness and commitment at the sacrifice of one's own
interests and well-being. Getting a discount is the
opposite.

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  Re: Splitting The Web cr0c0d1le <nospam@nospam.org> - 2023-12-23 08:18 -0500
    Re: Splitting The Web D <nospam@example.net> - 2023-12-23 14:33 +0100
      Re: Splitting The Web Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2023-12-24 01:30 +0300
        Re: Splitting The Web Helmut Richter <hr.usenet@email.de> - 2023-12-24 11:38 +0100
          Re: Splitting The Web D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-01-03 17:18 +0100
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              Re: Splitting The Web Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-01-03 16:56 +0000
                Re: Splitting The Web immibis <news@immibis.com> - 2024-01-06 21:25 +0100
              Re: Splitting The Web D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-01-03 23:03 +0100
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          Re: Splitting The Web cr0c0d1le <cr0c0d1le.ewlkg@8shield.net> - 2024-01-03 11:19 -0500
            Re: Splitting The Web D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-01-03 23:02 +0100
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  Re: Splitting The Web IanJ <SPAMian_jones_01@yahoo.co.uk> - 2023-12-24 13:19 +0000
    Re: Splitting The Web oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> - 2023-12-26 20:34 +0000
    Re: Splitting The Web cr0c0d1le <nospam@nospam.org> - 2023-12-26 18:53 -0500
    Re: Splitting The Web immibis <news@immibis.com> - 2023-12-27 19:08 +0100
    Re: Splitting The Web D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-01-03 17:21 +0100
      Re: Splitting The Web Helmut Richter <hr.usenet@email.de> - 2024-01-03 17:51 +0100
        Re: Splitting The Web D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-01-03 23:05 +0100
      Re: Splitting The Web IanJ <SPAMian_jones_01@yahoo.co.uk> - 2024-01-03 17:38 +0000
        Re: Splitting The Web D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-01-03 23:07 +0100
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