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Indeed, the main problem is that we've decided to legalize spyware and are now trying to contain the damage of that decision by playing whack-a-mole and trying
by Nextgrid 3y ago
Indeed, the main problem is that we've decided to legalize spyware and are now trying to contain the damage of that decision by playing whack-a-mole and trying to plug all the holes downstream.
Making spyware illegal (whether it's for ad targeting, or analytics, or "improving your experience") and enforcing CFAA-like penalties on company executives that knowingly violate the law would fix this problem overnight and for good.
- BSEdlMMldESB 3y agosince when has turning something illegal for which there already exists demand has ever solved a problem of this sort? just one examples that I can't take out of my mind as the consequences are everywhere around me: war on drugs (and the original alcohol prohibition)
- idle_zealot 3y agoWe're not talking banning something with demand from consumers like alcohol or other recreational drugs, we're talking about banning a harmful practice that companies engage in. Banning spyware is more akin to labor laws or environmental protections. Specifically it'd be a form of consumer protection.
- eastbound 3y agoIt’s impossible to run marketing operations without GA and even session recording. I entered a business where I pushed back for years, but at one point, you need to do it.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoThat's only because everyone else is using it. Banning it outright levels the playing field, and nobody needs it anymore. Marketing, in the limit, is a zero-sum game (negative-sum, if you put a non-zero price on all the resources and labor wasted).
- rypskar 3y agoCFC-gasses, leaded gasoline, and DDT are the first I can think of. There are lots of cases where a ban of something harmful done by companies have successfully been banned