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One thing i found very interesting over the years is that when people seem to abuse systems ( key activation, share netflix accounts, vpn, torrents) it’s consid

One thing i found very interesting over the years is that when people seem to abuse systems ( key activation, share netflix accounts, vpn, torrents) it’s considered a serious crime, but when companies openly abuse systems ( unsubscribe maze, addiction, fraud ) it’s frowned upon. That should be the other way around. Until then systems will always try to rule over people and people will adapt for better or for worse.

philipallstar 5mo ago
In my experience it's incredibly unusual for the sharing of netflix accounts to be considered a serious crime. Does this happen on a regular basis?
- b3lvedere 5mo ago
  My apologies, that was a very bad example. It was more in the sense that companies might think that's a serious crime of their customers.
smiley1437 5mo ago
"to learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." - Voltaire
- electrochemical 5mo ago
  Funny thing about that quote, it wasn't Voltaire who said that, but was in fact neo-nazi pedophile Kevin Alfred Strom lol
  - b3lvedere 5mo ago
    I spend a few minutes on the internet regarding this and it seems the internet is indeed of opinion that Voltaire never said it, but there's no actual proof Strom said it as well. No matter for the topic where i think the quote fits pretty well.
Defletter 5mo ago
While I sympathise with the sentiments here, it's just not true, or at least is a gross exaggeration. While IANAL, nor have I read every jurisdiction's laws, I'm fairly certain we have yet to see someone prosecuted for sharing a Netflix password. This place would've been inundated with posts about it. Also, the EU and other jurisdictions have already passed laws and regulations about dark patterns, and continue to do so. iirc, there are jurisdictions considering laws regarding content algorithms. There are laws regarding certain addictive patterns (remember the whole debacle regarding micro-transactions targeted towards children?). None of this is to say that these things don't still happen, but rather to refute the notion that these patterns are merely frowned upon.

philipallstar 5mo ago

In my experience it's incredibly unusual for the sharing of netflix accounts to be considered a serious crime. Does this happen on a regular basis?

b3lvedere 5mo ago
My apologies, that was a very bad example. It was more in the sense that companies might think that's a serious crime of their customers.

smiley1437 5mo ago

"to learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." - Voltaire

electrochemical 5mo ago
Funny thing about that quote, it wasn't Voltaire who said that, but was in fact neo-nazi pedophile Kevin Alfred Strom lol
- b3lvedere 5mo ago
  I spend a few minutes on the internet regarding this and it seems the internet is indeed of opinion that Voltaire never said it, but there's no actual proof Strom said it as well. No matter for the topic where i think the quote fits pretty well.

Defletter 5mo ago

While I sympathise with the sentiments here, it's just not true, or at least is a gross exaggeration. While IANAL, nor have I read every jurisdiction's laws, I'm fairly certain we have yet to see someone prosecuted for sharing a Netflix password. This place would've been inundated with posts about it. Also, the EU and other jurisdictions have already passed laws and regulations about dark patterns, and continue to do so. iirc, there are jurisdictions considering laws regarding content algorithms. There are laws regarding certain addictive patterns (remember the whole debacle regarding micro-transactions targeted towards children?). None of this is to say that these things don't still happen, but rather to refute the notion that these patterns are merely frowned upon.