Not helped by the civilizational-infrastructure absence of a role containing someone smart that you can take a bizarre situation to, and expect to get something more than a brush-off.

typo, you did not mean attract

Is Lars now the contact person for Reddit malfeasance?

So, if say you are searching for a listing for a particular item (with particular characteristics) that you need, your 21st century workflow is identical to what the the 20th century one would have been?

Yes. Maybe I bookmark the search url with parameters in my browser if I am lazy. This is how I check for a certain used vehicle make and model on carmax at the moment.

Seems suboptimal somehow.

Impracting is a fine word

def. impractical but has impact upon

It's learned helplessness, is it not? e.g. when whenever you move toward a progress route it morphs into something threatening or otherwise aversive. Probably gets implemented in software by the bad people.

Depends on the audience maybe.

Why would a dermatologist want to just remove but not biopsy a suspected facial skin cancer?

There would be no reason to do this - skin lesions removed are almost always sent for pathological analysis even if expected to be harmless

Could it be built from an island off Costa Rica?

Is there an easy effective way to tell a company not to ask its customers' phone numbers if someone parked nearby can overhear them?

They steer you towards ordering on the mobile app instead, which typically gives you a 4-6 digit confirmation code which you then use combined with your name, when you pick up. And/or your receipt in the app.