Lmao, shit like that is enough for me to be like ‘you know what? I don’t need this’

Sounds like they're not gonna get your money after all

Actually it's more spectacularly stupid design than merely asshole design.

Risking losing potential customers at the last step of the customer acquisition pipeline is incredibly idiotic - from the beginning of said pipeline (for example, an advert being shown to a person) until the end (the customer actually pays for something they bought) there's can be a ridiculous percentage of potential customer which drop of (something like 99.9%+ if it starts at "show advert")

As for somebody that's confronted with this at a checkout, just drop that shopping cart and go somewhere else (also valid in real life when you're at the till and they do something shitty - just drop it and walk away) since that's literally the point were shunning that store does them the most damage.

Looks like it's time to shop somewhere else.

I order a lot of takeout and recently stopped using online ordering because a bunch of them in the area stopped allowing orders as a guest. They force to log in or sign up. I've found that calling the store is easier and faster

All the shit companies try to get away with just because they're on websites...

Imagine if you were at a physical brick-and-mortar store and just as you went to check out, an employee stopped you and went, "Nuh-uh-uh! You can't purchase your items until you tell us information about yourself!" The employees would spend half their time just putting away stuff from abandoned carts.

E-commerce: follow DMMT/DMMW. Get the transaction completed in as few clicks as possible.

Under armour: write us a 250 word essay on why you want our shit!

If you're shopping for sound equipment consider PSSL, I used them to buy some stuff about a decade ago and they were professional at the time.

EDIT: They are permanently shut down, sadly.

It bothers me there are two Others

I Christmas tree surveys that pop up in front of my face on a website. I hope they enjoy their garbage.

Shop somewhere else.