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I honestly don’t know who to root for here. TPG is one of my favorite sites, but American is one of my favorite airlines.

ipaddr 5y ago
Probably for openness regardless of how many peanuts American airlines gives you.
- chrismeller 5y ago
  Pfft. They don’t offer peanuts anymore, even for Executive Platinum.
  - easton 5y ago
    Pretzels are still pretty good, although they won’t give them to you on short haul unless you’re in first.
whatshisface 5y ago
If American loses you will get to keep both, so that's what you'd root for.
samschooler 5y ago
TPG 100%. If AA wins this, it means _in general_ it is possible to further limit programmatic access to content, you as a user, should have access as you see fit.
sabujp 5y ago
Favoritism should have aboslutely nothing to do with this. Public stuff on the internet should be exactly that, public. You have no expectation of privacy and it's up to you as an owner/operator to maintain the security of your site, make sure you aren't being dos'd, screen scraped (use strong captchas, validated accounts), etc.
- darkwizard42 5y ago
  Yeah but this is about PRIVATE data like your miles and points after logging in to AA. So not even sure your comment applies here.
  - Nextgrid 5y ago
    But it's only accessing your private data with your authorization (by providing them your credentials). There is no hacking involved and it's not accessing people's information without consent.
    - darkwizard42 5y ago
      I'm just responding to the claim of the parent comment that public stuff on the internet should remain public... This information is expressly NOT public, not sure why the expectation is that everyone should be able to see it.
    - dghlsakjg 5y ago
      It think you'll find that on page 47 of subparagraph 4 of the t+c you agreed to 27 years ago when you first flew on AA (since amended twice daily), that the data in question is in fact property of AA. In all seriousness, this is the crux of many of the issues on the internet: Data about you, or generated by your activities, is probably not your in a legal sense. In other words AA gives users a limited license to access AA data, and they are mad that you are allowing TPG to use that license. AA sees this as sharing your Spotify password to give them access to music.
- arwineap 5y ago
  I agree with your sentiment. This case is about data behind an auth screen, so it may not so easily fall under the definition of public stuff
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misiti3780 5y ago
What is so great of TPG? I have checked it out but I dont understand what is so useful about it?
bastardoperator 5y ago
You have a favorite Airline? I view them all with contempt given their poor business practices. Who's your favorite serial killer?
- jrockway 5y ago
  I've flown over half a million miles on American. They've been pretty nice to me every time. I have nothing to dislike about them.
  - bastardoperator 5y ago
    Pretty nice isn't how I would describe great service. That's my point, the bar is low when it comes to airlines. In your case they should be treating you like a legend.
    - jrockway 5y ago
      One time I lost my keys and missed my flight, and they bumped some paying customer so I could get home sooner. Still feel a little bad about that one. Another time, I was walking out of the Admirals Club at DFW to board my flight. One of the agents came running out to tell me I was walking in the wrong direction. But, it's not always great. I had an award ticket in 1st class out of LHR, and they didn't clean the plane at all. The tray table had sticky soda all over it, and the plane was filthy. Miserable flight. Another time, I had an upgrade to 1st class on a domestic flight, but the TSA didn't like my bags and did an extensive check (I must have been on some list back then, it happened a lot). I arrived way late to the gate, and lost my seat. Ended up flying back home in a middle seat in the last row. It was miserable. So, it's a mixed bag, but generally good. It's hard for such a large company to offer consistency.
      - bastardoperator 5y ago
        LOL, that other person was probably me, doh! It's fair, air travel comes with a lot of anxiety and heightened emotions because most people are going somewhere important or just trying to get home.

ipaddr 5y ago

Probably for openness regardless of how many peanuts American airlines gives you.

chrismeller 5y ago
Pfft. They don’t offer peanuts anymore, even for Executive Platinum.
- easton 5y ago
  Pretzels are still pretty good, although they won’t give them to you on short haul unless you’re in first.

whatshisface 5y ago

If American loses you will get to keep both, so that's what you'd root for.

samschooler 5y ago

TPG 100%. If AA wins this, it means _in general_ it is possible to further limit programmatic access to content, you as a user, should have access as you see fit.

sabujp 5y ago

Favoritism should have aboslutely nothing to do with this. Public stuff on the internet should be exactly that, public. You have no expectation of privacy and it's up to you as an owner/operator to maintain the security of your site, make sure you aren't being dos'd, screen scraped (use strong captchas, validated accounts), etc.

darkwizard42 5y ago
Yeah but this is about PRIVATE data like your miles and points after logging in to AA. So not even sure your comment applies here.
- Nextgrid 5y ago
  But it's only accessing your private data with your authorization (by providing them your credentials). There is no hacking involved and it's not accessing people's information without consent.
  - darkwizard42 5y ago
    I'm just responding to the claim of the parent comment that public stuff on the internet should remain public... This information is expressly NOT public, not sure why the expectation is that everyone should be able to see it.
  - dghlsakjg 5y ago
    It think you'll find that on page 47 of subparagraph 4 of the t+c you agreed to 27 years ago when you first flew on AA (since amended twice daily), that the data in question is in fact property of AA. In all seriousness, this is the crux of many of the issues on the internet: Data about you, or generated by your activities, is probably not your in a legal sense. In other words AA gives users a limited license to access AA data, and they are mad that you are allowing TPG to use that license. AA sees this as sharing your Spotify password to give them access to music.
arwineap 5y ago
I agree with your sentiment. This case is about data behind an auth screen, so it may not so easily fall under the definition of public stuff

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misiti3780 5y ago

What is so great of TPG? I have checked it out but I dont understand what is so useful about it?

bastardoperator 5y ago

You have a favorite Airline? I view them all with contempt given their poor business practices. Who's your favorite serial killer?

jrockway 5y ago
I've flown over half a million miles on American. They've been pretty nice to me every time. I have nothing to dislike about them.
- bastardoperator 5y ago
  Pretty nice isn't how I would describe great service. That's my point, the bar is low when it comes to airlines. In your case they should be treating you like a legend.
  - jrockway 5y ago
    One time I lost my keys and missed my flight, and they bumped some paying customer so I could get home sooner. Still feel a little bad about that one. Another time, I was walking out of the Admirals Club at DFW to board my flight. One of the agents came running out to tell me I was walking in the wrong direction. But, it's not always great. I had an award ticket in 1st class out of LHR, and they didn't clean the plane at all. The tray table had sticky soda all over it, and the plane was filthy. Miserable flight. Another time, I had an upgrade to 1st class on a domestic flight, but the TSA didn't like my bags and did an extensive check (I must have been on some list back then, it happened a lot). I arrived way late to the gate, and lost my seat. Ended up flying back home in a middle seat in the last row. It was miserable. So, it's a mixed bag, but generally good. It's hard for such a large company to offer consistency.
    - bastardoperator 5y ago
      LOL, that other person was probably me, doh! It's fair, air travel comes with a lot of anxiety and heightened emotions because most people are going somewhere important or just trying to get home.