Re:Didn’t Homejoy Shut Down?
by wpietri on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @07:47PM
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At this point I have been hearing this sorry excuse for twenty years. At least it once had the value of novelty.
Spam is illegal, so that's one good sign it might be unethical. About 90% of email is spam [1]; the reason you aren't spending all day "deleting with the click of a button" is that a lot of smart people and a lot of computing power are devoted to keeping most of that spam out of your inbox.
You should be thankful for the people who get offended about this stuff, because its only their reactions and their hard work that have kept email a usable medium.
Spam is illegal, so that's one good sign it might be unethical. About 90% of email is spam [1]; the reason you aren't spending all day "deleting with the click of a button" is that a lot of smart people and a lot of computing power are devoted to keeping most of that spam out of your inbox.
You should be thankful for the people who get offended about this stuff, because its only their reactions and their hard work that have kept email a usable medium.
[1] https://www.m3aawg.org/sites/default/files/document/M3AAWG_2...