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Re:Internet's Biggest Annoyance: Cookie Laws Should Target B... by austhrow743 on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @06:42PM (#45676084)
Unless you're advocating slaughtering 90% of humanity, what is the purpose of this line of thinking?

Sure, some of you are just so good and nice that you're going to spend all of your time trying to better your fellow man no matter the incentives. The rest of us are spending our time and energy trying to better ourselves. It's better for everyone if the rules of the game are set up so those actions create positive externalities.

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Re:Internet's Biggest Annoyance: Cookie Laws Should Target B... by account42 on Friday October 24, 2025 @04:51AM (#45692416)
We tend to lock up people whose actions are amoral enough. The problem with thinking that its normal for corporations to act amorally is that that also means we forget its people making these decisions and that those people should be held accountable.
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