3 ms·
“We’ve heard many say they prefer more relevant ads so we’re defaulting to this setting,” a T-Mobile spokeswoman told the paper. Can a company be legally liabl
by totalZero 6y ago
“We’ve heard many say they prefer more relevant ads so we’re defaulting to this setting,” a T-Mobile spokeswoman told the paper.
Can a company be legally liable for this kind of lie?
- psybient 6y agoSadly, probably not. They likely asked "hand-selected" people about ads and went with it, similar to products being "doctor recommended" when the manufacturer asked one doctor.
- banana_giraffe 6y ago"Do you want ads that are more relevant to you?" vs "Do you want unknown third party companies to track your online activity to provide you with ads they believe you'll engage with more often?" I swear there are entire industries that exist to obscure the elephant in the room.
- BLKNSLVR 6y agoDefine "many". Get three people to say it, and they're probably legally covered. Hell, get Management to say that they prefer more relevant ads, with the sideline commentary being "because we can sell your data" and it's a paraphrasing, but it's not untrue. Experts recommend... Critics say... Customer survey results indicated... Give me the raw stats or it's bunkum.
- Springtime 6y agoThey're what I've seen Wikipedia editors call 'weasel words' [1] when there's no definite source for a statistic yet someone is attempting to convey an air of authority. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word