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Old 21-02-2025, 16:04   #3
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Re: I knew Google was getting greedy, but...

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Originally Posted by Anonymouse View Post
...this is the limit.

I bought milk and bread at my local Lidl...and Google asked me for a DONATION! Apparently the only way round it is to decline it while your (theoretically contactless) card is in the reader!

As Lister might say, let's flag down a cab and head for Real Street here, shall we? Google is a MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR COMPANY! Why in the Name of the Left-Handed Dog* does it need donations?!

Has anyone else had this foisted on them? Apart from anything else, foodstuffs in the UK cost too damn much as it is without "donations" tagged on!

* I dunno, something my late maternal granddad said once. Though I like it as an exhortation, I never did find out what it meant!
I think you may have got hold of the wrong end of the stick and proceeded to give yourself a sound thrashing with it.
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