Requiring your phone number for everything.

Advertising.

The only way to find a business is by searching for it and by word-of-mouth. The only results are a short, generic description of the product or service offered and recent, unadulterated user reviews. Signs are limited to text of the business name only, just for finding the exact building and door, and can only be on the business property.

That's it.

Yes. And at most, ads for products will tell you what it is, what it does, where you can get it and how much it costs. Knock it off with the emotional manipulation.

Political donations.

Planned obsolescence. Vertical integration. Planning to take all losses for the year during Q4. Layoffs in Q4 to pad the losses. Extended warranties (product support should be free). Mail-in rebates (just discount it). Forced arbitration clauses. Explicit opt-out data collection. Targeted advertising. Terms and conditions.

Saying that they're hiring when they really aren't

Moving everything to digital ie games, movies and books.

Subscriptions for everything