this is probably my most popular toot by now. if so many people agree, why do techbros keep writing shitty scrapers under the guise of "people totally want this", hmm?

@f0x the absolute worst techbro take I’ve heard on the matter is “opt-out of opt-out is implicit opt-in” (paraphrased from https://github.com/tedivm/fedimapper/issues/7#issuecomment-1376333917)

My response:

“opting-out of opting-out is not the same as opting in, because consent isn’t a freaking multiplication problem.”

@Seirdy yeah that one was terrible as well :") fucking scrapebro's

@f0x Yeah but there are some good cases for it, like employee pension schemes

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