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That's a strawman. It is indeed hard for a magazine to know. It's trivial for someone like Netflix to know, and they probably already track it.

robertlagrant 3y ago
The responsibility shouldn't change just because it's easier. Should businesses track you (whether that's easy or difficult) and auto-unsubscribe you, or should you decide when to cancel?
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 3y ago
  If it shouldn't change because it's easier, why did you make a point about it requiring work? Just admit your argument made no sense, instead of pretending your argument was just an irrelevant aside. It does matter that it's easier. In fact it can be automated. If a user is inactive for 30 days, the subscription could be disabled and automatically reenabled if and when they decide to use it. You wanna argue that would be a lot of work to implement? And yes, I think this would be reasonable for someone like Netflix, and unreasonable for a paper magazine. What's so hard to understand about that? they're just not comparable.
  - robertlagrant 3y ago
    > why did you make a point about it requiring work? Because a previous comment said it wouldn't require work. Now you also are saying they'd need to implement it. So we agree it needs work. > Just admit your argument made no sense Framing this as "admit" might make it seem like a fait accomplis, but I need a higher bar than that to be persuaded. Biased language only fools very basic readers. > they're just not comparable. Why not?
    - mtlmtlmtlmtl 3y ago
      Sigh. If you're not capable of admitting when you're wrong I feel bad for you. There's no shame in it you know. I'm wrong about stuff frequently, but at least I'll happily admit it. Life is too short to waste energy clinging onto bad arguments simply out of spite or poor self-esteem. Embrace cummingham's law. Have a good life.
      - robertlagrant 3y ago
        Your sighing, nonspecific berating of me that I'm wrong, and assuming I must be spiteful or have poor self esteem are all nonsense, I'm afraid. Make an argument, and stop the ad hominem.

robertlagrant 3y ago

The responsibility shouldn't change just because it's easier. Should businesses track you (whether that's easy or difficult) and auto-unsubscribe you, or should you decide when to cancel?

mtlmtlmtlmtl 3y ago
If it shouldn't change because it's easier, why did you make a point about it requiring work? Just admit your argument made no sense, instead of pretending your argument was just an irrelevant aside. It does matter that it's easier. In fact it can be automated. If a user is inactive for 30 days, the subscription could be disabled and automatically reenabled if and when they decide to use it. You wanna argue that would be a lot of work to implement? And yes, I think this would be reasonable for someone like Netflix, and unreasonable for a paper magazine. What's so hard to understand about that? they're just not comparable.
- robertlagrant 3y ago
  > why did you make a point about it requiring work? Because a previous comment said it wouldn't require work. Now you also are saying they'd need to implement it. So we agree it needs work. > Just admit your argument made no sense Framing this as "admit" might make it seem like a fait accomplis, but I need a higher bar than that to be persuaded. Biased language only fools very basic readers. > they're just not comparable. Why not?
  - mtlmtlmtlmtl 3y ago
    Sigh. If you're not capable of admitting when you're wrong I feel bad for you. There's no shame in it you know. I'm wrong about stuff frequently, but at least I'll happily admit it. Life is too short to waste energy clinging onto bad arguments simply out of spite or poor self-esteem. Embrace cummingham's law. Have a good life.
    - robertlagrant 3y ago
      Your sighing, nonspecific berating of me that I'm wrong, and assuming I must be spiteful or have poor self esteem are all nonsense, I'm afraid. Make an argument, and stop the ad hominem.