This shouldn’t be normalised

governorkeagan@lemdro.id to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world – 796 points –

Outlook got updated on my iPhone last night and now they want me to agree to having my data shared with 807 partners.

Important note: I don’t use outlook as my primary email provider. I use Proton with a custom domain but I keep outlook for some old emails.

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It used to be 797

800ish entities is not "partners".

"Partners" are people you could invite to site around a conference table with you. For it to be a partnership, you need to be able to have a meaningful discussion among all the different partners. 800ish is even too big for an auditorium where you're presenting to all your "partners". 800ish is a small arena.

Those aren't partners.

I get what you’re saying, but that’s what it’s called in business. They are usually called “affiliates” more formally, and they provide ancillary income to a business. The whole thing is a partnership - I give you traffic and you give me some money if they convert.

Source: am in marketing and that’s just how it works.

Yeah, but it's bullshit and I'm calling it out, and I'll continue to call it out, so stop it.