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Bloatware is a far too benign term for this. The browser should treat financial transactions like the post office treats a letter - never mess with the contents

Bloatware is a far too benign term for this. The browser should treat financial transactions like the post office treats a letter - never mess with the contents, just move it where it needs to go. This is a major breach of trust. It pisses me off and I don't even use Edge (or Chrome, or Windows) unless I have to, which is rare. Analog world analogy: Post office inserting advertisements for financing into sealed private letters.

bckygldstn 5y ago
The USPS inserts vast amounts of advertising into my letterbox, and (unlike in most countries) there's no way to opt out. Getting those last drops of profit margin require you to squeeze the consumer the hardest.
- callmeal 5y ago
  >The USPS inserts vast amounts of advertising into my letterbox, and (unlike in most countries) there's no way to opt out. They don't insert it inside an envelope someone else sends you.
  - voussoir 5y ago
    "Every Door Direct Mail" blurs the line a bit. https://www.usps.com/business/every-door-direct-mail.htm https://www.usps.com/business/every-door-direct-mail.htm
    - callmeal 5y ago
      Not really. If I send you a (for example) Christmas card in an envelope - there is no way the USPS will insert an advertisement in the card.
- djbusby 5y ago
  USPS doesn't insert the ad into the post, they *deliver* an ad in the post. They aren't making it and inserting it - like what MS is doing.
  - dixie_land 5y ago
    I’m not a fan of USPS but I agree this is not their fault. In fact they’re not allowed to “filter” the mails.
    - lotsofpulp 5y ago
      USPS inserted this link into their Informed Delivery email to me last week: https://pugetsoundraffle.com/overview?usps_mid=106545&usps_sn=572591201 https://pugetsoundraffle.com/overview?usps_mid=106545&usps_s... Absolutely no excuse there for USPS to be sending me spam links when informed delivery was supposed to be a way to get a picture of your coming mail.
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bckygldstn 5y ago

The USPS inserts vast amounts of advertising into my letterbox, and (unlike in most countries) there's no way to opt out. Getting those last drops of profit margin require you to squeeze the consumer the hardest.

callmeal 5y ago
>The USPS inserts vast amounts of advertising into my letterbox, and (unlike in most countries) there's no way to opt out. They don't insert it inside an envelope someone else sends you.
- voussoir 5y ago
  "Every Door Direct Mail" blurs the line a bit. https://www.usps.com/business/every-door-direct-mail.htm https://www.usps.com/business/every-door-direct-mail.htm
  - callmeal 5y ago
    Not really. If I send you a (for example) Christmas card in an envelope - there is no way the USPS will insert an advertisement in the card.
djbusby 5y ago
USPS doesn't insert the ad into the post, they *deliver* an ad in the post. They aren't making it and inserting it - like what MS is doing.
- dixie_land 5y ago
  I’m not a fan of USPS but I agree this is not their fault. In fact they’re not allowed to “filter” the mails.
  - lotsofpulp 5y ago
    USPS inserted this link into their Informed Delivery email to me last week: https://pugetsoundraffle.com/overview?usps_mid=106545&usps_sn=572591201 https://pugetsoundraffle.com/overview?usps_mid=106545&usps_s... Absolutely no excuse there for USPS to be sending me spam links when informed delivery was supposed to be a way to get a picture of your coming mail.
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