It is endlessly frustrating that companies have universally decided that they won’t let people say “no” to stuff, ever. There are no longer options to reject stupid-ass new “features”, only postponement until next time you open the app/website/program. They’ll continue pestering you for the rest of your life. I realize that my frustration may be a little over-zealous, but we deal with these interfaces dozens of times per day and this is user hostile behavior. There isn’t really an option to just use another service or program, since the entire technology landscape has been commandeered by a few major corporations, and they all enact the same shitty things as a group.
it seems to be part of the general hostility corporations have toward, well, humans… like you say, developers seem to be pushing every limit they can to try to get in your face, or chain you to them for life, and they don’t seem to have a lot of incentive to back the fuck off… i am completely fed up with all of them… like you, i have a hostile attitude in return…
Bite the bullet. Move to slightly worse but non-abusive alternatives. Fund them with the portion of your budget that was previously coerced from you.