📰 💻 Don't you love it when after clicking a link to a news source you don't use, the page opens and a pop up says :

[snowyca@social.vivaldi.net]

Don't you love it when after clicking a link to a news source you don't use, the page opens and a pop up says :

"You've read your last free article.
GIVE US AND OUR 1250 PARTNERS YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS !!!!"

#News #DataHarvesting

[colinthemathmo@mathstodon.xyz]

@SnowyCA Only 1250 partners?!?

Pff ... amateurs.

[edwing@mstdn.moimeme.ca]

@SnowyCA My favourite!

[doboprobodyne@mathstodon.xyz]

@SnowyCA ACCEPT OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

#contractLaw #darthVaderMBA #software

[snowyca@social.vivaldi.net]

@ColinTheMathmo

[snowyca@social.vivaldi.net]

@EdwinG Something tells me that's not quie true.

[edwing@mstdn.moimeme.ca]

@SnowyCA Indeed. I prefer when I pay for my data to be sold to 1250 customers.

[snowyca@social.vivaldi.net]

@doboprobodyne

YES! AND IMMEDIATELY!!!

[gorfram@beige.party]

@ColinTheMathmo @SnowyCA
^Hereby nominated to the Comments To Take Out Of Context Hall of Fame

[snowyca@social.vivaldi.net]

@EdwinG

Replies in a deep, smoked too many cigars gravely voice:
"Well, there Sonny, someone has to support our huge resource sucking data centres, surely you don't expect the shareholders to take a cut in the quarterly profits, DO YOU!!!"

[snowyca@social.vivaldi.net]

@Gorfram @ColinTheMathmo

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