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> Also I wish I could opt to "block sender" for ads and other junk. The post office would still get money/postage, but I would just give the post office advance
by ghostly_s 9y ago
> Also I wish I could opt to "block sender" for ads and other junk. The post office would still get money/postage, but I would just give the post office advanced consent to shred/recycle all mail from this sender and consider it officially delivered.
I don't think you understand how junk mail works -- the mailers have a close business relationship with the USPS, and the fact that you can't 'block' it is a deliberate design pattern. Junk mail is a huge (possibly the major?) revenue stream for the post office. Forcing you to physically handle their advertising message before discarding it is the whole value proposition of this form of advertising; junk mailers aren't gonna keep paying the USPS if the ads are never getting to you.
- djsumdog 9y agoIn many other countries, you can put "No junk mail" or "No bulk mail" on your letterbox. The US post service, being a service provided by the state, should help to prevent wasting paper and serve the people, not the corporations. In the US, the corporations are not just the primary customers of the USPS, they pretty much own them as far as influence goes.
- technofiend 9y agoThat is true of far more things than just mail delivery. Unfortunately regulatory capture is alive and well in Washington.