> most sites don't care about Firefox compatibility
This is FUD. Can you please name specific sites that don't work in firefox? Even all of google's stuff works fine, particularly when seen thorugh the eyes of non-technical people.
I got endless issues opening an app the second time. Didn't happen in Chrome.
As for sites that specifically doesn't care about Firefox, that was in a private talk with another frontend developer, so I can share neither the name or a URL as proof.
Your quote is from the 2002/58/EC directive, which is amended by directive 2009/136/EC [1]. The latter says :
> (66) [...] Exceptions to the obligation to provide information and offer the right to refuse should be limited to those situations where the technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by
the subscriber or user. Where it is technically possible and effective, in accordance with the relevant provisions of Directive 95/46/EC, the user’s consent to processing may be expressed by using the appropriate settings of a browser or other application. [...]
Hence, so long as the use of cookies or similar is strictly necessary for the specific service requested by the user, a website doesn't have the obligation to obtain their permission.
It is important to point out the several unusual things that went right in this story:
1. Your decision makers recognized that the important number to pursue is "engaged users", not "number of emails in the list".
2. You have a large enough subscriber base so that Gmail/Outlook realize you're a good player. This wouldn't happen if you only sent a few thousand mails per week.
3. You have the technical expertise to properly maintain the list and the surrounding (unsubscribe, etc.) infrastructure. Usually the budget is allocated to _create_ the list/service and then assumed that it will continue working forever with 0 investment.
IF you can get these things right too you'll (eventually) have a similar experience. If you fail on any of them... you're screwed like everyone else is saying. Of course, having to send large volumes of email to ensure that "the big guys" treat you fairly is why many people running small/personal email servers complains about them.
Hikaru Nakamura (one of the best players in the world) tried it too [1].
GPT got confused at some point and tried to play illegal moves, but then it seemed to regain the games' thread. He never finished the game because he hit the usage limit, but it was already won by Hikaru. The explanations ChatGPT gave in the opening were fine, but the ones for the mid-game were mostly nonsensical.
> Demand deposit holders getting wiped out is unthinkable. Taking any non-negligible haircut on their demand deposits (yes, even over $250k) will destroy confidence in the banking industry. This is far worse than the moral hazard of a bailout.
Says who? 2/3 of amercians live paycheck-to-paycheck [1]. The only thing that a banking system has to provide them is day-to-day operations plus a small cushion (much smaller than 250k).
For that people accumulating over 250k is a privilege, one thay may as well come with the risk of getting it wiped out in very rare events such as this one.
> Think about the 2/3rds of americans above. Why shouldn't they think that?
Because:
> 2/3 of amercians live paycheck-to-paycheck [1].
Their paychecks are drawn from these demand deposit accounts.
This money above $250k is not being stored in an account like Scrooge McDuck just trying to get the highest score. This money is being held in a transitive fashion to pay employees, vendors, and lines of credit. This is what people are not understanding.
According to [1] 14.5% of all EU workers are self-employed (i.e.: they have their own business, as small as it may be) whereas only 6.6% are in the USA.
I'd say "self-employed" is essentially being a contractor or owner-operator, with no or very few employees and focused on facilitating the work for themselves (and possibly their immediate family), not growth & scaling & expansion.
Entrepreneurs start companies that are meant to grow beyond themselves and aren't just a legal framework to provide their work.
Not to disparage anyone who's self-employed. I am too, but I wouldn't consider me an entrepreneur. I might become one, but that would mean changing my work setup.
> These documents MUST NOT be cited as W3C standards and may or may not become W3C standards.
[1] https://drafts.csswg.org/css-view-transitions-1/
[2] https://www.w3.org/standards/types/#CR