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Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web by coldtea on Thursday November 02, 2017 @04:50PM (#15614188)
>I do agree that not everything is imposed by evil corps, but hostile products don't necessarily fail by their own: cigarettes and junk foods are just one example of this.

Cigarettes and junk foods are not hostile -- they are incredibly enticing. What they are is harmful (which is something different).

Video, similarly, whether harmful or not, is very welcome by lots of people who strongly prefer it to reading.

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Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web by Terr_ on Thursday November 02, 2017 @08:22PM (#15615635)
No, it's still hostile, you just don't know it yet.

Just as the Trojans how that big wonderful Horse statue worked out for them :p

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Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web by LambdaComplex on Thursday November 02, 2017 @07:21PM (#15615286)
What's enticing about cigarettes?
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Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web by coldtea on Friday November 03, 2017 @04:20AM (#15617489)
What's not, considering that half the global population looked forward to a pack or more every day?

They're a great way to fidget, they go great with coffee, they look majestic on the big screen, and nicotine is extremely addictive.

Heck, whole movies and books, and poems and songs have been written about them in a positive light. And lots.

If it wasn't for the health concern people would still be smoking on airplanes and there would just be a small "non smoking" area (like in the 70s).

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