Temu's email unsubscribe page claims your Wi-Fi is disconnected
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#3>The most rational explanation for this is Temu is using a Javascript framework that also expects to be run offline (it's localized in multiple languages), they are querying some dead resource that shows this naive lazy error, and never redirected the page. Explains everything.
Really? That's more plausible than a company being greedy and simply trying to deceive would-be unsubscribing users to continue pushing ads their way for profit?
Occam's Razor.
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#4>The most rational explanation for this is Temu is using a Javascript framework that also expects to be run offline (it's localized in multiple languages), they are querying some dead resource that shows this naive lazy error, and never redirected the page. Explains everything. Really? That's more plausible than a company being greedy and simply trying to deceive would-be unsubscribing users to continue pushing ads t…
Hanlons razor states that you shouldn't attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence.
As far as I can tell, you've used it against your own argument. Greed (malice) is less preferred as an argument vs a non-robust implementation (incompetence).
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#5>The most rational explanation for this is Temu is using a Javascript framework that also expects to be run offline (it's localized in multiple languages), they are querying some dead resource that shows this naive lazy error, and never redirected the page. Explains everything. Really? That's more plausible than a company being greedy and simply trying to deceive would-be unsubscribing users to continue pushing ads t…
Hanlon's Razor would support the "broken API" theory.
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#7>The most rational explanation for this is Temu is using a Javascript framework that also expects to be run offline (it's localized in multiple languages), they are querying some dead resource that shows this naive lazy error, and never redirected the page. Explains everything. Really? That's more plausible than a company being greedy and simply trying to deceive would-be unsubscribing users to continue pushing ads t…
Hanlons razor states that you shouldn't attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence. As far as I can tell, you've used it against your own argument. Greed (malice) is less preferred as an argument vs a non-robust implementation (incompetence).
Yup, my bad here, my brain had a segfault. I was thinking of Occam's Razor. Updated my original post, laughing at the irony now.
Re: Temu's email unsubscribe page claims your Wi-Fi is disconnected
#8>The most rational explanation for this is Temu is using a Javascript framework that also expects to be run offline (it's localized in multiple languages), they are querying some dead resource that shows this naive lazy error, and never redirected the page. Explains everything. Really? That's more plausible than a company being greedy and simply trying to deceive would-be unsubscribing users to continue pushing ads t…
Hanlon's Razor would support the "broken API" theory.
Yup, wrong Razor, my bad - corrected my original post.
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#9The enshittification of everything is on the rise, and this is just another part of the trend of “let’s see if we can get away with it” (or “whaddaya gonna do bout it?”)
From Google login popups, “open in the app” modals, and AI stealing everyone’s data, tech companies are firmly turning evil. It’s no longer about move fast and break things towards progress (even superficially), it’s about complete domination using any means necessary.
On the email side, spam is on the rise, and especially messages that claim to be “about your account” and therefore exempt from CAN-SPAM jurisdiction. “Oops, we forgot to make a functional unsubscribe page” tactic falls in the same vein.
Hanlon’s razor is being weaponized, and ulterior motives must alway be seriously considered. We see it constantly in dark patterns, and how often Microsoft and other companies “accidentally” reset your preferences in ways that benefit whatever new feature they’re pushing.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hanlon's Razor would support the "broken API" theory.
Yup, wrong Razor, my bad - corrected my original post.
Are you sure you didn’t get it wrong on purpose just to preemptively sabotage any potential argument? /s
It is surprisingly hard to give companies the benefit of the doubt these days, with dark patterns being somehow normalised … we have learned to assume bad faith.