Comments on: EFF’s Big Tent http://techliberation.com/2006/02/28/effs-big-tent/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: tramadol http://techliberation.com/2006/02/28/effs-big-tent/comment-page-1/#comment-32850 tramadol Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:43:11 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/02/28/effs-big-tent/#comment-32850 <p>81e31de21f46 Hello! <a href="http://www.abc-acupuncture.com/baxqorav" rel="nofollow">tramadol</a> tramadol</p> 81e31de21f46 Hello! tramadol tramadol

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]]> By: V http://techliberation.com/2006/02/28/effs-big-tent/comment-page-1/#comment-32849 V Wed, 01 Mar 2006 23:13:46 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/02/28/effs-big-tent/#comment-32849 <p>My understanding is that AOL's tactics won't actually do anything. They are not forcing fees on those who don't pay, they're just slipping the spam filters away from those who do. And if they start blocking, not just moving to junk, but actually deleting legit email, their users will decide for themselves as the mass mailers inform them that they can't send to AOL addresses.</p> <p>We've already learned that online email is based heavily on competition. Hence why after Gmail's launch MSN and Yahoo gave away larger accounts.</p> <p>And most, some spammers and phishers will start paying fees to get straight into your inbox. The results won't be pretty: AOL users are generally not the most tech-savvy of people. While it's a good idea for the EFF to say something about this, they should not be pulling serious resources away from the things that matter like DRM and net neutrality.</p> My understanding is that AOL’s tactics won’t actually do anything. They are not forcing fees on those who don’t pay, they’re just slipping the spam filters away from those who do. And if they start blocking, not just moving to junk, but actually deleting legit email, their users will decide for themselves as the mass mailers inform them that they can’t send to AOL addresses.

We’ve already learned that online email is based heavily on competition. Hence why after Gmail’s launch MSN and Yahoo gave away larger accounts.

And most, some spammers and phishers will start paying fees to get straight into your inbox. The results won’t be pretty: AOL users are generally not the most tech-savvy of people. While it’s a good idea for the EFF to say something about this, they should not be pulling serious resources away from the things that matter like DRM and net neutrality.

]]> By: V http://techliberation.com/2006/02/28/effs-big-tent/comment-page-1/#comment-53594 V Wed, 01 Mar 2006 23:13:46 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/02/28/effs-big-tent/#comment-53594 <p>My understanding is that AOL's tactics won't actually do anything. They are not forcing fees on those who don't pay, they're just slipping the spam filters away from those who do. And if they start blocking, not just moving to junk, but actually deleting legit email, their users will decide for themselves as the mass mailers inform them that they can't send to AOL addresses.<br><br>We've already learned that online email is based heavily on competition. Hence why after Gmail's launch MSN and Yahoo gave away larger accounts.<br><br>And most, some spammers and phishers will start paying fees to get straight into your inbox. The results won't be pretty: AOL users are generally not the most tech-savvy of people. While it's a good idea for the EFF to say something about this, they should not be pulling serious resources away from the things that matter like DRM and net neutrality.</p> My understanding is that AOL’s tactics won’t actually do anything. They are not forcing fees on those who don’t pay, they’re just slipping the spam filters away from those who do. And if they start blocking, not just moving to junk, but actually deleting legit email, their users will decide for themselves as the mass mailers inform them that they can’t send to AOL addresses.

We’ve already learned that online email is based heavily on competition. Hence why after Gmail’s launch MSN and Yahoo gave away larger accounts.

And most, some spammers and phishers will start paying fees to get straight into your inbox. The results won’t be pretty: AOL users are generally not the most tech-savvy of people. While it’s a good idea for the EFF to say something about this, they should not be pulling serious resources away from the things that matter like DRM and net neutrality.

]]> By: LewisB http://techliberation.com/2006/02/28/effs-big-tent/comment-page-1/#comment-32848 LewisB Wed, 01 Mar 2006 12:26:51 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/02/28/effs-big-tent/#comment-32848 <p>While I agree with your view on letting AOL users make up their own mind, I see no problem with EFF using an open letter to AOL as part of a campaign to educate those users as to the danger they are in. In fact, I encourage it -- better to give them the information so they <em>can</em> make up their mind. They certainly wouldn't get the complete picture from AOL itself.</p> <p>The bonus will be if AOL sees the error in its ways and changes, thus helping them stay in business.</p> While I agree with your view on letting AOL users make up their own mind, I see no problem with EFF using an open letter to AOL as part of a campaign to educate those users as to the danger they are in. In fact, I encourage it — better to give them the information so they can make up their mind. They certainly wouldn’t get the complete picture from AOL itself.

The bonus will be if AOL sees the error in its ways and changes, thus helping them stay in business.

]]> By: LewisB http://techliberation.com/2006/02/28/effs-big-tent/comment-page-1/#comment-53593 LewisB Wed, 01 Mar 2006 12:26:51 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/02/28/effs-big-tent/#comment-53593 <p>While I agree with your view on letting AOL users make up their own mind, I see no problem with EFF using an open letter to AOL as part of a campaign to educate those users as to the danger they are in. In fact, I encourage it -- better to give them the information so they <em>can</em> make up their mind. They certainly wouldn't get the complete picture from AOL itself.<br><br>The bonus will be if AOL sees the error in its ways and changes, thus helping them stay in business.</p> While I agree with your view on letting AOL users make up their own mind, I see no problem with EFF using an open letter to AOL as part of a campaign to educate those users as to the danger they are in. In fact, I encourage it — better to give them the information so they can make up their mind. They certainly wouldn’t get the complete picture from AOL itself.

The bonus will be if AOL sees the error in its ways and changes, thus helping them stay in business.

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