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Thanks. I found an easier way -- deleting my PayPal account.
by paulgb 14y ago
Thanks. I found an easier way -- deleting my PayPal account.
- yuhong 14y agoBut expect more legal agreements to do this.
- paulgb 14y agoI do expect to see more of it, although I prefer to see it done the way Microsoft does (I've linked it elsewhere in the thread). What rubbed me the wrong way about this one wasn't the policy, but how they make opting out as difficult as possible.
- squarecat 14y agoHence the emergence of such legislation as: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN-SPAM_Act_of_2003 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN-SPAM_Act_of_2003 Of which the efficacy is certainly arguable, since a truly reputable firm might seek to provide such a mechanism in an easy-to-use manner. Whereas a shady operation would, and do, ignore the directive anyhow.
- StavrosK 14y agoSure, but by making it hard for legitimate companies to spam you, we get a much clearer separation of spam from ham. You don't have to know who all the bad guys are, it's enough to know who all the good guys are. These days, messages in my inbox fall into two categories: Messages with an "unsubscribe" link, or spam. This didn't use to happen in the olden days.