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Re:Phone is still the best way to order pizza by marssaxman on Sunday January 30, 2022 @10:46AM (#30138127)
I have "account fatigue"; I am so tired of having to create accounts and log in to things - yes, it's something I repeat daily, and that's the problem. Just let me buy the damn pizza, or whatever it is! I always use the "guest" option when available.
Re:Phone is still the best way to order pizza by exikyut on Sunday January 30, 2022 @02:00PM (#30139991)
That's what the login with Google and login with Facebook options are for. They're there to help you and improve Your life. Come along now, and relinquish your daily quota of private information. We can either do this the easy way or the hard way. Don't you want to be a good model Product? We'll send you to the new colony on Mars when it gets built!

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While typing the above (a bit of â–§am improv) I had this a bit of a "oh" moment as I envisioned the idea of the "good model citizen" a la China or the USSR, except instead of the... ideal being like *that* it's about being Your Best Most Optimally Saleable You.

Uhhhhh.

Re:Phone is still the best way to order pizza by brokenmachine on Monday January 31, 2022 @11:24PM (#30158605)
I have a dream that one day I will leave Google, and that won't ever happen if every site that I use is connected to my Google account.

I should really have a password manager set up properly as well, but that's just another job, and scary in some way. I have a password manager but it's all manual, no autogenerating accounts or fancy stuff.

Re:Phone is still the best way to order pizza by MisterSandman on Sunday January 30, 2022 @09:35PM (#30143835)
Not every app has a Log In With Google option.
Re:Phone is still the best way to order pizza by tedmiston on Sunday January 30, 2022 @01:43PM (#30139816)
I would do this more, but I've found guest checkout makes checking the order status / history (understandably) less convenient.

I do use guest checkout on sites I don't think I'll order from again or at least infrequently.

What's one more auto-generated row in my password manager's database anyway?

Re:Phone is still the best way to order pizza by JakeAl on Sunday January 30, 2022 @03:28PM (#30140787)
I totally agree, especially when it comes to creating an account on a corporate/national app when the business I deal with is local only.

Having said that I think Domino's Pizza has a great process for ordering pizza on their web site where you build you own pizza and can then track the progress all the way to your doorstep.

Re:Phone is still the best way to order pizza by hazza_n_dazza on Sunday January 30, 2022 @07:21PM (#30142824)
Its just a shame about the quality of the food itself :)