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At root this is a part of the push to make the web less participatory and more like television. Users need to be gulping content and crapping cash, and they don
by gnu8 13y ago
At root this is a part of the push to make the web less participatory and more like television. Users need to be gulping content and crapping cash, and they don't need to be distracted by trivia such as altering a web site's layout for personal usability or accessibility.
- woah 13y agoI doubt it's part of some huge conspiracy. I think they removed it to clean up some code after looking at the numbers of how many people actually used it.
- nitrogen 13y agoThere is a difference between "emergent behavior that looks remarkably like a huge conspiracy but really isn't", and "huge conspiracy." Either way, the trend is real.