One of my clients in particular uses SharePoint. After verifying my identity with an e-mailed code AND an automated phone call, SharePoint insists that I install Microsoft Authenticator to complete the process. Absolute madness.

Another one pays exclusively via Wise unless you’re in Europe. Wise stopped letting me log in when I could not provide a photo of an ID taken via their mobile app. (And that was back when I still had my previous smartphone and the pictures just never turned out good enough for the AI to accept them, and they refused to process them manually.)

Just little things like that preventing me from working or getting paid.

Quoting: SlaxerBeing a hassle to get a hold of is kind of a blessing, it'll show you who your real friends are. I guess I'll just have to try and see for myself. I like to try and get the world to follow me, instead of the other way around 😀.

While I’ve also "forced" people to adopt certain platforms, I don’t really abide by that reasoning. It goes both ways: am I not a bad friend for not caving and using Facebook to keep in touch with them?

And then there’s all the people who aren’t my friends and couldn’t care less about what happens to me due to their failure to reach me.

Quoting: SalvatosOne of my clients in particular uses SharePoint. After verifying my identity with an e-mailed code AND an automated phone call, SharePoint insists that I install Microsoft Authenticator to complete the process. Absolute madness.

Another one pays exclusively via Wise unless you’re in Europe. Wise stopped letting me log in when I could not provide a photo of an ID taken via their mobile app. (And that was back when I still had my previous smartphone and the pictures just never turned out good enough for the AI to accept them, and they refused to process them manually.)

Just little things like that preventing me from working or getting paid.

Except for your clients abroad, couldn't you just set the terms by which you do business with your clients? I do.

Quoting: SalvatosWhile I’ve also "forced" people to adopt certain platforms, I don’t really abide by that reasoning. It goes both ways: am I not a bad friend for not caving and using Facebook to keep in touch with them?

And then there’s all the people who aren’t my friends and couldn’t care less about what happens to me due to their failure to reach me.

Other way around. A good friend is someone that's not afraid to tell you how much Facebook sucks 😀. The idea that we need Facebook to keep in touch with friends or family is an illusion.

A phone call and a little get-together once in a while too much of a hassle for them? I'll take that over anything Facebook could offer any day.

Quoting: SlaxerExcept for your clients abroad, couldn't you just set the terms by which you do business with your clients? I do.

To some extent, but that is getting more difficult thanks to LLMs ousting humans from my profession. If I'm too difficult to work with, there's no shortage of other providers (many desperate for work) to choose from. (And all of my clients are abroad.)

Quoting: SalvatosTo some extent, but that is getting more difficult thanks to LLMs ousting humans from my profession. If I'm too difficult to work with, there's no shortage of other providers (many desperate for work) to choose from. (And all of my clients are abroad.)

Sounds rough. My condolences.