Lee Duna to [email protected]English • 5 months agoSocial networks are getting stingy with their data, leaving third-party developers in the lurchtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1260arrow-down16
arrow-up1254arrow-down1external-linkSocial networks are getting stingy with their data, leaving third-party developers in the lurchtechcrunch.comLee Duna to [email protected]English • 5 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareSteefLemlinkfedilinkEnglish6•5 months agoMaybe we should charge them for emails they send us. Want me to sign up for a news letter, that will be 20€ per email. Or something.
minus-squareDiotimalinkfedilink2•5 months agoBack in the paper spam days, some folk would stuff the “postage paid” envelopes with junk and mail them back to troll the companies. Setting up a junk address with an autoresponder would be pleasing, but probably would get tagged illegal.
minus-squareSteefLemlinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoShame, its legal when big corp does it but illegal when I do it. This always seems weird to me.
Maybe we should charge them for emails they send us. Want me to sign up for a news letter, that will be 20€ per email. Or something.
Back in the paper spam days, some folk would stuff the “postage paid” envelopes with junk and mail them back to troll the companies. Setting up a junk address with an autoresponder would be pleasing, but probably would get tagged illegal.
Shame, its legal when big corp does it but illegal when I do it. This always seems weird to me.