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Re:Don't Make Visitors Make Accounts by jobposter1234 on Sunday January 18, 2015 @05:24PM (#8909208)
In addition to the other threads, the fact is businesses need contact information to make money. Upsells, deal emails, etc., are all a critical part of their revenue streams.

So removing this would cost them a great deal of money.

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Re:Don't Make Visitors Make Accounts by lazyjones on Monday January 19, 2015 @02:17AM (#8910740)
> fact is businesses need contact information to make money. Upsells, deal emails, etc.,

Fortunately, there are plenty of exceptions to this rule. For example, price comparison websites (I built, ran and sold one) need nothing of the sort, it's just a mediocre marketing tool (your users are much better at recommending your product than you are!).

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