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From my perspective, at least you could stop going to the website if they did stuff like this, and TBH anyone's free to do whatever they want on their website.
by diminoten 8y ago
From my perspective, at least you could stop going to the website if they did stuff like this, and TBH anyone's free to do whatever they want on their website. A lot of these other stories are doing things without informing customers, or using customer data illegally, and stuff like that.
It's sure not great if you want people to come back to your site, but it's not morally bankrupt.
- NullPrefix 8y ago>TBH anyone's free to do whatever they want on their website That's where you're wrong, kiddo. There's laws now.
- diminoten 8y agoNo there aren't, none relevant to this conversation at least.
- hluska 8y agoCheck out the Americans with Disabilities Act.
- pc86 8y agoADA applies to companies with 15 or more employees. Nobody is under any obligation to make their blog ADA compliant.
- hluska 8y agoI think we're talking about different comments. I'm certainly not talking about a blog. Instead, I was referring to the parent's application. The parent wrote: Circumvented browser features to force autoplay on videos with high volume on our websites. While not a morally bankrupt thing to do especially compared to some of the other examples, we all felt dirty doing it. There's no information about the size of the company there. I replied to a comment that said there are no relevant laws and suggested that that person check out the ADA. The ADA might be relevant.
- pc86 8y agoThe ADA isn't relevant with respect to auto-playing videos, but is it relevant with respect to forcing a volume increase? I think that's a hard sell.
- pc86 8y agoInsultingly diminutive language aside, you're just wrong. Assuming you're referring to the ADA, "there's [been] laws now" since the 90s. The line you quoted is clearly referencing personal websites, which are not bound by ADA.