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Re:The Laptop That Won't Die? by sodapopcan on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @12:02PM (#38266050)
OP made a plea, not a demand:

> Please don't use Medium, post to Medium, or share Medium links.

There was no implication people don't have a choice to keep using terrible software.

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Re:The Laptop That Won't Die? by close04 on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @12:27PM (#38266423)
You misunderstood me, it wasn't OP's implication, it's Medium's. Medium implies that by clicking on their link I agreed with their ToS/cookies (so tracking). This is not just a wrong implication, it's an illegal one.

The person I was replying to above only referred to the paywall issue when I think the main basis for the initial plea to avoid Medium was the second point, Medium's objectionable or illegal practices (not just "terrible") against its users. It's sensible to plea not using it or at least not promoting it here.

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Re:The Laptop That Won't Die? by jjeaff on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @03:46PM (#38269493)
Illegal where? In the EU? I don't think it is illegal in the US at least.
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Re:The Laptop That Won't Die? by sodapopcan on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @08:30PM (#38272256)
Ah gotcha, my mistake.
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