Having had to deal with passport renewals for my daughter and myself I understand and sympathize. I also do a fair amount of online purchases and at least retailers allow you to use their platform as a guest so you don't have to create an account. You will, however, be sent constant emails to buy more stuff. I think some of the issues with the government going to digital access has to do with members of Congress who either don't want to fund the agencies so they can do the work in-house, and/or they want to get contract dollars to constituents. Lobbyists such as TurboTax, HR Block, etc. have put a lot of time and money into trying to stop the IRS from developing and implementing the online tax filing program. When I attended my daughter's graduate school graduation in western MA, I went to get some food and had to park my rental car. Now, instead of parking meters or kiosks, there were signs saying that I had to download an app and pay on the app for parking, all for a $3 parking fee. I deleted the app from my phone after I returned home, but I still get the occasional email from the vendor.
Having had to deal with passport renewals for my daughter and myself I understand and sympathize. I also do a fair amount of online purchases and at least retailers allow you to use their platform as a guest so you don't have to create an account. You will, however, be sent constant emails to buy more stuff. I think some of the issues with the government going to digital access has to do with members of Congress who either don't want to fund the agencies so they can do the work in-house, and/or they want to get contract dollars to constituents. Lobbyists such as TurboTax, HR Block, etc. have put a lot of time and money into trying to stop the IRS from developing and implementing the online tax filing program. When I attended my daughter's graduate school graduation in western MA, I went to get some food and had to park my rental car. Now, instead of parking meters or kiosks, there were signs saying that I had to download an app and pay on the app for parking, all for a $3 parking fee. I deleted the app from my phone after I returned home, but I still get the occasional email from the vendor.
Hah! Yesterday I paid for parking with an online app, but still got a ticket.
This is insightful. I have a Jewish friend who is down on Israel. I try to understand; this helped.
I can’t find account settings; I can find upgrade to founding, but I want more info about my account. Thanks