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Article #622020Re: Has Microsoft commited suicide ...
From: Mike Spencer
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 18:28
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 18:28
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Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> writes: > The other day I tried to do something I have never done - retrieve an > online coupon - and got a message to the effect that my browser isn't > supported and I should upgrade to a newer browser. Well, I have an old > iPhone, which I don't want to replace, and I can't upgrade what I have. > People who design these websites need to build in a fallback for > curmudgeons. Yes, indeed. But when you business model has transited from $SOMETHING_USEFUL_OR_INTERESTING to counting clicks and selling web-bug hits, we'uns crips, geezers, curmudgeons and other assorted marginal minorities (as seen from a mass-marketing perpective) aren't worth the bother. > I had a similar problem in a store trying to read reviews from a > website. I think for some reason they want some enhanced security - > maybe SSL - that I don't have. OK, fine, so I'll take my > chances. Don't make me upgrade to access something on the supposedly > "open" web. See also: presbylyssomania -- Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada
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