Using the internet in 2026, a vignette:
> go to website, enter username and password
"Please confirm your phone number so we can send it a verification code".
> enter phone number
> receive code
> enter code
"We've sent a code to your account's email address. Please enter that code to continue."
> go to email
> get code
> enter code
"Welcome to SomeWebsite! Our experience is better on the app. Would you like to download the app?"
> X out
> scroll down a ways to the thing you are looking for
"SomeWebsite is better on the app. Please download the app to continue."
> press X
The website scrolls you back to the top
> scroll down again
Same message. You realize that accessing this, and most other functionality, is gated behind the app for you even though the website itself has this functionality too.
> go to app store
> search SomeWebsite
> download app
> open app
"Welcome to SomeWebsite's app! To properly operate, this app needs permissions for your location, contacts, bodily fluids, and firstborn son. Please click below to go to settings and enable these permissions."
> click button, go to settings
> enable all sorts of permissions
> go back to app
> enter username and password
"We've sent a code to your account's phone number. Please enter that code to continue."
> get code
> enter code
"Thank you for logging in! Would you like to use passkeys instead? You can use Touch ID, facial recognition, or a retina scan."
> no, I'm not gonna do biometrics
"SomeWebsite would like to send you push notifications. Do you accept?"
> no
And now you can FINALLY do the thing you wanted to do.
Jewish niggas be like “we don’t run the world” then humiliate billionaire rapper Kanye West by making him take antisemitism classes just to cancel his concert anyways
HOLY SHIT
JUST SAW THE LEAKED DOOMSDAY TRAILER BEFORE IT GOT TAKEN DOWN
THE PART WHERE CAPTAIN AMERICA TAKES OUT THE SHIELD AND HAS THE STAR OF DAVID ON IT WAS NOT EXPECTED
FUN FACT: If you study the History of Ancient Egypt at university, the only job prospect you have is teaching others the History of Ancient Egypt. It's the original pyramid scheme.