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What do you mean by “we” have “accepted” any such situation? Most of the people working on sites with those banners aren’t here on this board. Even if they we
by wffurr 5y ago
What do you mean by “we” have “accepted” any such situation?
Most of the people working on sites with those banners aren’t here on this board. Even if they were, what do you want them to do? Refuse to work? Quit on principle? It’s not like we’re talking about unsafe bridges that are going to kill people.
Users? Plenty of users are annoyed by these things but obviously not enough to dent traffic numbers or encourage the rise of alternatives. Plenty of technical hacks throughout the comments here if you’re looking for a solution for yourself, but nothing scalable is really possible.
Regulatory agencies? They take a very long time to work and can only go after so many websites at a time. As others have mentioned, lawsuits are happening but it will take time for it to work through the courts and agencies and even more time beyond that to propagate through industry as “doing this will can get your company sued” for those companies that even care about such things.
- hvdijk 5y ago> Even if they were, what do you want them to do? Refuse to work? Yes, if an employer asks an employee to help violate any law, the employee has the legal right to refuse to do so. (I'm sure there'll be some country where that's not true, but generally...) The responsible thing to do there would be to work with the employer to come up with a different design that does not have the same issues. If the employer explicitly insists on an illegal design, be sure to save proof that you informed the employer that it's illegal. Beyond that, it's tough and not everyone will be up for continuing the fight, and I don't blame the employees if they don't. A decent employer, however, of which there are many, will be okay with a legal alternative.