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Captcha is a terrible 90s technology, it should have been completely destroyed in year 2000. it's really annoying.

kevincox 6y ago
If it should have been destroyed what is the reason you think it hasn't been? People aren't adding captchas to websites for fun, it is clearly solving a problem for them. So what do you propose instead?
- GekkePrutser 6y ago
  It's solving a problem for THEM at OUR (the users') expense. We should fight this more heavily just like we do ads and tracking and hopefully this practice will at least stop expanding. The amount of sites now showing captchas is crazy. Or introduce a law where they have to pay us for using up our 'brain time'.
  - _a1_ 6y ago
    A law that they have to pay you for using their free service?
heavyset_go 6y ago
Don't worry, the next iteration of CAPTCHAs will rely heavily on browser feature detection, ensuring that you're not using an unauthorized version of Chrome that can be automated. Only authorized and trusted browsers will pass the tests.
- GekkePrutser 6y ago
  Which will mean even more restrictions on the types of browsers we can use, and gathering more information. Not OK either.
  - heavyset_go 6y ago
    This was my point. Google is already doing this[1] for account access, and they will prevent competitors' browsers from logging in. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25172755 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25172755
GekkePrutser 6y ago
I couldn't agree more, and it seems to be on the rise. I used to get once a week maybe, like for a new signup to a forum. Fine, understandable. Now I get them multiple times per day. It used to be a minor annoyance and I understood the reason for them in those cases. Now they've moved way beyond the 'pain threshold' and it's moved on to a blind hatred of them for me. A similar thing happened for ads.. At first they were OK and I was fine with some ads paying for a sites. Then they became more intrusive flash crap. I started getting annoyed. Then all the tracking came in and full-page motion and sound ads and they really started abusing their privileges. Now I hate them so much I will never turn off my adblocker again for any site. They've just overstayed their welcome too much. The same thing is happening now with captchas. Started as a good cause, but totally took advantage of the users to solve a problem that's just as well solved on the back end in most cases.

If it should have been destroyed what is the reason you think it hasn't been? People aren't adding captchas to websites for fun, it is clearly solving a problem for them. So what do you propose instead?

GekkePrutser 6y ago
It's solving a problem for THEM at OUR (the users') expense. We should fight this more heavily just like we do ads and tracking and hopefully this practice will at least stop expanding. The amount of sites now showing captchas is crazy. Or introduce a law where they have to pay us for using up our 'brain time'.
- _a1_ 6y ago
  A law that they have to pay you for using their free service?

heavyset_go 6y ago

Don't worry, the next iteration of CAPTCHAs will rely heavily on browser feature detection, ensuring that you're not using an unauthorized version of Chrome that can be automated. Only authorized and trusted browsers will pass the tests.

GekkePrutser 6y ago
Which will mean even more restrictions on the types of browsers we can use, and gathering more information. Not OK either.
- heavyset_go 6y ago
  This was my point. Google is already doing this[1] for account access, and they will prevent competitors' browsers from logging in. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25172755 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25172755

GekkePrutser 6y ago

I couldn't agree more, and it seems to be on the rise. I used to get once a week maybe, like for a new signup to a forum. Fine, understandable. Now I get them multiple times per day. It used to be a minor annoyance and I understood the reason for them in those cases. Now they've moved way beyond the 'pain threshold' and it's moved on to a blind hatred of them for me. A similar thing happened for ads.. At first they were OK and I was fine with some ads paying for a sites. Then they became more intrusive flash crap. I started getting annoyed. Then all the tracking came in and full-page motion and sound ads and they really started abusing their privileges. Now I hate them so much I will never turn off my adblocker again for any site. They've just overstayed their welcome too much. The same thing is happening now with captchas. Started as a good cause, but totally took advantage of the users to solve a problem that's just as well solved on the back end in most cases.