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That's cynical. If someone spent their time making quality things people enjoy, they can charge whatever currency they'd like. If that currency is an email addr
by goodroot 9y ago
That's cynical. If someone spent their time making quality things people enjoy, they can charge whatever currency they'd like. If that currency is an email address so that you can be contacted later in hopes of selling you paid products or earning through referrals, then that's their prerogative. It doesn't make them a _lying piece of crap_.
If you use a catchall, create an address for that service. It it does something you don't like, cancel later.
- csomar 9y agoI'm not disagreeing with that but a clean disclosure is missing. It's like paying for an item that you don't know the price of by putting your credit card details. I don't think you'd do that.
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- cortesoft 9y agoAn email address is not a credit card. It isn't private information. Do you really think the amount of spam you will receive will change at all if you give one extra person your email address?
- pavel_lishin 9y ago> An email address is not a credit card. It isn't private information. You don't know what email address I'm giving you; I generate single-use emails for just about everything I sign up for, so when I start getting spam for it - like I actually did about 20 minutes ago - I can go straight to the source and start asking whether they got hacked, or sold me out.
- mnem 9y agoEmail addresses aren't currency. Unless you sell to spammers at least.
- pavel_lishin 9y ago> That's cynical. So is not trusting the Federal Wallet Inspector on the subway.
- nicky0 9y agoexample@example.com usually works.