From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Zekromaster   wrote:   
   >I fail to see how that is different from having a human assistant or   
   >concierge handle things for you: the assistant is also not gonna   
   >randomly impulse buy stuff on your behalf, nor are they gonna be swayed   
   >by ads related to a product they're not buying for themselves.   
      
   If many people actually did delegate purchases to an assistant, no   
   doubt they would sue for that as well, on the same grounds that the   
   person purchasing the item is not the person actually making the purchase.   
      
   >This seems to me like a desperate attempt to mandate outdated business   
   >models stay relevant by law, as the previous business model relied on   
   >certain services staying unavailable to most of the population, which   
   >isn't what happened as those services were both automated and the   
   >non-automated versions also just straight-up became cheaper.   
      
   Yes, and why does this surprise anyone?  When business models change,   
   when markets change, companies sue to stop that change because it   
   seems easier to them than to find a new way to do business.   
   --scott   
      
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
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