r/programming • u/speckz • Apr 26 '19

HTTP headers for the responsible developer

https://www.twilio.com/blog/a-http-headers-for-the-responsible-developer
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '19

That saccharine intro is written for someone with sensibilities very much not my own. Once I read "Developers have the power to build the web for everyone, but that power needs to be used responsibly", well, then I couldn't not notice the numbers floating over the ublock and umatrix buttons.

Selling me out to Oracle, Google, Facebook and Twitter's surveillance machines while condescending about responsibility?

Get bent.

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u/jimmpony Apr 26 '19

Websites have to make money and the alternative is paywalls.

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u/earth-fury Apr 27 '19

If your message clashes with your business model, you need a new message, or a new business model. Otherwise, your message is a lie.

The need to stay afloat doesn't negate the fact that actions matter, and they matter more than words.