This kind of nonsense is why I bypass the NYT’s paywall, and any other paywall. If I wanted to ever subscribe; this ensures that I will want to subscribe far less intensely than I would have ever naturally done. Probably this ensures the urge to subscribe will be non-existant; and my urge to ‘become a Giant Tool and just crawl their site daily with my paywall bypass’ is increasing at a pace that might alarm some people.
Companies only really have one reason to prevent their customers from taking them to court: they intend to break the law or otherwise harm their customers.
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What a waste of evolution. We could have unironically had post-scarcity today if half of humanity wasn’t fucking evil and another 30% doesn’t give a shit as long as they get their daily Starbucks.
Loved your comment. Its actually 1% thats really sick (psychopaths, violent narcissists, etc) that happen to have infiltrated all power structures. These people need to be institutionalized, not worshipped as gods.
I think the number of clueless/careless people is more like 70-80% and we‘re a vocal, fractured minority that doesnt have enough power or unity to influence against the 1%.
This comment is like a gut punch because its exactly right. Shit floats and sociopaths are drawn to power like flies to shit. Enough time has passed that our institutions have been infiltrated with sociopaths like a cockroach infestation. The vast majority of “normal” people are fucking checked out zombies that only give a shit about catching the sportball game and stuffing their asshole full of cheetos. These “normal” people treat informing themselves or learning like like its a fucking venereal disease. It truly feels like humanity has run its course.
Although I‘m not really happy with the very harsh description but I can understand your frustration. I think „dont look up“ and „idiocracy“ really describe the situation with the majority well.
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This kind of nonsense is why I bypass the NYT’s paywall, and any other paywall. If I wanted to ever subscribe; this ensures that I will want to subscribe far less intensely than I would have ever naturally done. Probably this ensures the urge to subscribe will be non-existant; and my urge to ‘become a Giant Tool and just crawl their site daily with my paywall bypass’ is increasing at a pace that might alarm some people.
Does this apply if you dont subscribe? How would they know I didn’t just start using it?
If you don’t subscribe it’s pretty unlikely that you’re going to have legal grounds to sue over anything to begin with
You don’t have to be a registered client of a corporation to be harmed by the corporation.
this kinda shit makes me understand the sovcit stuff a little more, “just send an email with this magic subject text and your rights are secured!”
It’s all tragic. It’s not the ‘magic words’ that absolve the crimes, but the names of whoever speaking and their wallets.
Forced arbitration should be illegal full stop
Forced Arbitration Skyrockets. Need to ban this shit.
Some irony as NYT did a big investigation back in 2015: In Arbitration, a ‘Privatization of the Justice System’
Depressing all around.
Someone please explain why I should or shouldn’t do this
Companies only really have one reason to prevent their customers from taking them to court: they intend to break the law or otherwise harm their customers.
https://www.consumerreports.org/mandatory-binding-arbitration/forced-arbitration-clause-for-concern/
arbitrating about what? What are we arbitrating about?
Whatever civil/constitutional/etc right they are desperately trying to/going to deny you.
probably a data breach they’ll announce in a few days, with the timing of the two being a total coincidence
31 days*
God these corporations make me want to fucking this comment was removed by Lemmy.
What a waste of evolution. We could have unironically had post-scarcity today if half of humanity wasn’t fucking evil and another 30% doesn’t give a shit as long as they get their daily Starbucks.
Loved your comment. Its actually 1% thats really sick (psychopaths, violent narcissists, etc) that happen to have infiltrated all power structures. These people need to be institutionalized, not worshipped as gods.
I think the number of clueless/careless people is more like 70-80% and we‘re a vocal, fractured minority that doesnt have enough power or unity to influence against the 1%.
This comment is like a gut punch because its exactly right. Shit floats and sociopaths are drawn to power like flies to shit. Enough time has passed that our institutions have been infiltrated with sociopaths like a cockroach infestation. The vast majority of “normal” people are fucking checked out zombies that only give a shit about catching the sportball game and stuffing their asshole full of cheetos. These “normal” people treat informing themselves or learning like like its a fucking venereal disease. It truly feels like humanity has run its course.
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Although I‘m not really happy with the very harsh description but I can understand your frustration. I think „dont look up“ and „idiocracy“ really describe the situation with the majority well.
I presume them using your data in whichever way they like, given where this was posted.