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It is also plausible that since these businesses are unlikely to have their own software development capability, they outsource the job to providers that are ex
by muststopmyths 3y ago
It is also plausible that since these businesses are unlikely to have their own software development capability, they outsource the job to providers that are experienced at bringing up e-commerce sites and simply apply a project template without much thought.
- rbanffy 3y agoOr, worse, build a marginally competent completely bespoke website on an ancient toolset they are comfortable with and that’s impossible to maintain or integrate with anything that wasn’t part of the original specs.
- Gibbon1 3y agoAlso possible the providers have a side business selling the data their hapless customers are collecting. My take is we're seeing the same sort of abuses and risk that we had with credit reporting agencies. And we need the same sorts of regulation. And those rules need to be onerous enough that most companies will try hard to stay out from under them.