Re:Web Browsers have stopped blocking pop-ups
by integralid on Thursday January 01, 2026 @11:56AM
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Calling company strategy an "asshole move" is anthropomorphizing a lawnmower.
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Re:Web Browsers have stopped blocking pop-ups
by amanaplanacanal on Thursday January 01, 2026 @12:10PM
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Company strategies are created by individual humans being assholes. Don't make excuses for them.
Re:Web Browsers have stopped blocking pop-ups
by hnbad on Thursday January 01, 2026 @02:12PM
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Being an asshole is incentivized by the system. If you don't want companies to behave like assholes, change the system to one that punishes that.
Re:Web Browsers have stopped blocking pop-ups
by h2zizzle on Saturday January 03, 2026 @12:14PM
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The first step in disincentivizing being an asshole is pointing out that someone is being an asshole.
Re:Web Browsers have stopped blocking pop-ups
by skeeter2020 on Thursday January 01, 2026 @12:19PM
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This is a parallel argument to the whole "to big to fail" nonsense and not really in line with the famous comparison of a single person to a machine. Company strategies are typically created by small groups of people who - especially in this case - know exactly what the impact and longer-reach implications of their decisions will be. It is entirely reasonable to hold the people of any organization accountable for the policies they enact via that organization.