When Websites Won’t Take No for an Answer

Re:When Websites Won’t Take No for an Answer by eevilspock on Saturday May 14, 2016 @01:22PM (#11697112)

The key last line from this EFF indictment of Facebook[1]: "If a business model wouldn’t work if users had to opt in, it deserves to fail."

To me the entire ad-supported "business model" is the darkest pattern of them all. Please read this comment before a knee-jerk rejection of my claim: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7485773

[1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/internet-companies-con...

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Re:When Websites Won’t Take No for an Answer by andybak on Saturday May 14, 2016 @04:33PM (#11697914)

So far the negative effect on my life of the sum total of tracking and ad-profiling has been - to the best of my knowledge - neglible. (Largely because the ability of companies to use data to my detriment hasn't kept pace with the thirst for collecting it).

In return I've been given free access to a huge amount of free content and free functionality. Plus - very occasionally - the advertising is beneficial rather than merely irrelevant.

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Re:When Websites Won’t Take No for an Answer by eevilspock on Saturday May 14, 2016 @04:42PM (#11697945)

If you read my link then you'd realize that society is subsidizing all your free shit. There is no free lunch.

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