Re:After September 18th, you’ll no longer be able to send me...
by kryogen1c on Thursday August 22, 2019 @01:46PM
(#20770624)
> 2) the expected user bases and interaction methods between platforms is not at all comparable.
Exactly. Pictures visible through normal use are not the same as an inbox you have to go out of your way to read.
At the very least, the sensibe thing is to make messages opt-in or whitelist only. Removing the feature to prevent harassment seems like a scapegoat. I wonder if this was being utilized as an illegal communications channel and YT\alphabet is worried about legal exposure
Exactly. Pictures visible through normal use are not the same as an inbox you have to go out of your way to read.
At the very least, the sensibe thing is to make messages opt-in or whitelist only. Removing the feature to prevent harassment seems like a scapegoat. I wonder if this was being utilized as an illegal communications channel and YT\alphabet is worried about legal exposure