Re:One person's war on junk mail (1996)
by philwelch on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @08:18PM
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This is entirely the USPS exploiting their statutory monopoly.
There is no other communications medium that the typical customer would accept that much junk from. If I got that much junk email, I would switch email providers and use one with a better spam filter. When I started getting robocalls, I set my phone to stop accepting calls from unknown numbers. If I got enough junk DM’s on a social media site, I would delete my account. But I can’t opt out of USPS. We are a captive audience delivered to scummy advertisers by our own government.
There is no other communications medium that the typical customer would accept that much junk from. If I got that much junk email, I would switch email providers and use one with a better spam filter. When I started getting robocalls, I set my phone to stop accepting calls from unknown numbers. If I got enough junk DM’s on a social media site, I would delete my account. But I can’t opt out of USPS. We are a captive audience delivered to scummy advertisers by our own government.