Readit NewsLet me just give up on banking and the proprietary 2FA app that my job requires. Guess we're going homeless to protest Google, boys.
To meaningfully challenge it, developers need to agree to withheld supply like a cartel (illegal?) or union.
I think it’s probably close to the union scenario in an industry with a single employer, as there is that one too many relationship (all developers vs Google). Whereas a cartel is a few suppliers conspiring against all consumers.
I’m not sure developers would go to those lengths, and I’m not sure it would work either as the benefit is too high from defecting from such a coalition.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_A...
Given that it doesn't make money, it has zero value alive and at least epsilon value dead. Plus they don't need the links to work to collect metrics.
https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail...
Whether or not Valve would want to encourage people to pay with crypto and expose their customer base to its volatility is another matter.
Warnings aren't always enough, sometimes we have to lock people down and physically prevent them from harming themselves.
It's not always people being stupid. I recall reading an article by someone who got scammed who seemed generally quite knowledgeable about the type of scam he fell for. As he put it, he was tired, distracted, and caught at the right time.
Outside of that, a lot of the general public have a base assumption of "if the device lets me do it, it's not wrong," and just ignore the warnings. We get so many stupid pop-ups, seemingly silly warning signs (peanuts "may contain nuts") that it's easy to dismiss this as just one example of the nanny state gone mad.
> We have to lock people down and physically prevent them from harming themselves.
You can apply this argument to literally anything, and taken to its logical conclusion, this is exactly what will happen.