 adsldudePremium,Ex-Mod 2003-9
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kudos:1 | Doesn't get my vote... Internet consumers need to take responsibility for themselves and learn how (and how not) to use the Internet. I do not support asking the government to get any more involved in the Internet than they already are. |
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 fatnesssubtleJanitor
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| I see the issue as businesses not taking responsibility for limiting themselves. When business practices become too intrusive or predatory the only recourse is for the government to limit them, since it's beyond the ability of individual consumers to do so. Businesses ran the "do not call" list on a voluntary basis, if I'm not mistaken, and it never worked until the government took it over. Leaving the responsibility for deciding what to track in the hands of those who make money off tracking is a mistake.
If business would let people opt in, that would be the equivalent of knocking on the front door and asking. Instead they just enter the house, seek what they're after.
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adsldudePremium,Ex-Mod 2003-9
join:2000-11-10
Colorado
kudos:1 | said by fatness:...and it never worked until the government took it over... No debate on that point. There is a difference in this case. The telephone industry is highly regulated, the Internet is not. That's a big difference and one that I would not want to see repeated on the US portion of the Internet. While I don't doubt the government could pull it off, I don't want to see how far they will go to "protect and serve" nor do I want the taxes to support their protective activity. |
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