Every web site I sign up to these days, I'm 100% certain that from that point forward I will now be spammed by them on a regular basis.
That's mighty bad luck. I signed up for a site called Hacker News, and I don't get any spam from them at all.
You know what I want? For them to never send me any email unless I specifically request it.
Does that include not sending you a written copy of, say, an order you've placed on Amazon?
Another example: We're going to be sending a minimum of one e-mail to all new customers for my company, because we're required by law to provide certain details under European e-commerce rules and e-mail is the most practical and non-intrusive way to do that.
Basically, I take your point that people being all chummy and sending you loads of junk mail because you once visited their site is out of line, but I think your position as stated is based on hyperbole and unrealistic.
That's mighty bad luck. I signed up for a site called Hacker News, and I don't get any spam from them at all.
You know what I want? For them to never send me any email unless I specifically request it.
Does that include not sending you a written copy of, say, an order you've placed on Amazon?
Another example: We're going to be sending a minimum of one e-mail to all new customers for my company, because we're required by law to provide certain details under European e-commerce rules and e-mail is the most practical and non-intrusive way to do that.
Basically, I take your point that people being all chummy and sending you loads of junk mail because you once visited their site is out of line, but I think your position as stated is based on hyperbole and unrealistic.