Yes, I used to agree with that, but have since given in and accepted that most companies (except mine and a handful of others) will spam all customers who buy a product without asking them first.
It's a little irritating, although I reserve full enmity for the spammers who I've never interacted with ever.
> Spam is not email from legitimate companies with valid contact details that have an opt out that you forgot to click when you signed up with them. That's legitimate marketing emails. You might argue they also shouldn't exist, but they are a different category.
Yes it is. Using a dark pattern to trick me into signing up doesn't make it not spam. It's still spam.
> It worries me a lot that people clicking "mark as spam" on messages from legit companies because they subscribed to the newsletter will mean that my messages with important information (order confirmations, e-tickets etc.) will get blocked.
Don't send spam and I won't mark it as spam. I didn't sign up for your newsletter, don't send it to me. Creating an account or placing an order does not mean I agree to your spam.
As always, it depends; VLC "the iOS app" is not the same as VLC "the binary compiled from source". The article itself says they couldn't find any code changes, and the theories are that a certificate was updated.
I don't believe an iOS distribution specific certificate falls under the license you're referring to, but I'm no expert on these matters.
There's some delusion in the marketing world that just because someone places an order or creates an account they should be spammed.
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