[reaperducer]

If a web requires me to do this to access it, I simply refuse.

A friend of mine recently tried to get a payment from an insurance policy. But the New York Life web site wouldn't work right.

She ended up talking to someone on the phone eventually and they told her it's her fault, because Safari isn't supported. Only Chrome and Edge.

Her choice was to install Chrome, or walk away from $35,000.

You may "just refuse," but she installed the browser and got her money.

[_V_]

Do you really believe that you can discharge a debt of $35,000 simply by saying "I don't support Safari" to your creditor? I would not try that tactic with a bank, I can tell you that much.

I would still refuse and force them to send the money through snail mail.

[reaperducer]

Do you really believe that you can discharge a debt of $35,000 simply by saying "I don't support Safari" to your creditor?

Insurance companies are notorious for making it very hard for people to collect money from policies. They are well known for making things deliberately hard so people will give up.

I'd love to see you "force" a massive insurance company to do anything without a lawyer. Real life is not the same as talking big on the internet.

[_V_]

I don't see the problem.

The last time insurance company tried to BS their way out of the insurance payout, I actually did get the lawyer involved and I successfully got them to admit fault and pay up.

Standing up for myself and doing something IRL feels quite good. You do you.

[ryandrake]

Why can't normal people send companies to collections for refusing to pay debts?

[DANmode]

Savvy folks have their paperwork in order, and simply send the Sheriff to take their stuff if they won’t pay.

Often no % required.

[HWR_14]

They can. But you will lose a substantial percentage.

[littlecranky67]

Or you resort to legally binding snail mail.