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Re:Tell HN: There needs to be a “right to speak with a human” by kube-system on Thursday March 24, 2022 @09:55AM (#30789793)
What makes you think there is no financial cost to the right to vote?

https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/electi...

It’s a cost we can all agree on, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.

Re:Tell HN: There needs to be a “right to speak with a human” by mannykannot on Thursday March 24, 2022 @09:57AM (#30789818)
I didn't say it does not exist, I said it does not work as a justification for actions that infringe on rights.
Re:Tell HN: There needs to be a “right to speak with a human” by kube-system on Thursday March 24, 2022 @10:00AM (#30789870)
Sure, especially when we’re talking about rights that are almost universally agreed upon. But it could be a good justification for something like “the right to talk to customer support for Candy Crush”. The OP didn’t specify which companies he was trying to contact.
Re:Tell HN: There needs to be a “right to speak with a human” by mannykannot on Thursday March 24, 2022 @10:12AM (#30790017)
It was the originator of this thread (endsleigh) who framed the issue in terms of rights and their value. I am pointing out that this is not a useful way to look at it.

Here, you are asking, in effect, whether a Candy Crush player has any such right in the first place, and I think it is completely reasonable to say they do not in such trivial matters. As I mentioned in my original post, I am mainly concerned with third parties, several of whom have shown up in the broader discussion, but customers and ex-customers could have reasonable issues with retroactive policy changes to issues such as privacy.