Re:UK petition to keep Apple data encrypted
by gambiting on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @02:58PM
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Has there ever been any petition in the UK that has achieved any effect other than "thanks we'll think about it"?
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The UK petitions website exists solely to appease the naive electorate, if it worked they'd have shut it down already.
It's the equivalent of those door buttons in elevators. "Give them something to do when they're restless."
Re:UK petition to keep Apple data encrypted
by Crosseye_Jack on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @03:19PM
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After 50k signatures asked for Jeremy Clarkson to be appointed PM, Downing Street said Nah - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNy1w4DV5Hw
Petitions don't work on the whole. afaik, they exist to the give the public the illusion that their opinion matters.
A slightly cynical take, but accurate none-the-less.
Re:UK petition to keep Apple data encrypted
by nadermx on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @03:07PM
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Great example of "well think about it" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s_4J4uor3JE&pp=ygUhc2tpdCBraWx...
Re:UK petition to keep Apple data encrypted
by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @06:48PM
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> Has there ever been any petition in the UK
Online petitions are useless for anything beyond harvesting a list of potential donors.
The value in a petition or protest is in demonstrating commitment. If you’re willing to fill in a paper form and/or show up somewhere inconvenient, you’re might also be willing to phone bank (and petition for) a primary opponent.
Online petitions do none of that. If an issue has lots of online petitions and nothing else, it’s almost a sign that its base is electorally useless.