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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sony has the most annoying ones, which are designed to prevent people from submitting tickets. They'll show you like 10 dice, and ask what they add up to. They make you solve like 16 of them before they let you continue. Shit should be illegal.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

The math ones are ridiculous.
Guess what computers are inherently great at?
Math.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

Because they're not there to stop computers, they're there to stop people from getting legitimate support from a company that owes it to them.