Pretty much the question. I heard about Usenet a while back but never managed to wrap my head around it.

    • Rimu@piefed.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      11 months ago

      Heh, yeah.

      Google does a great job stopping spam in Gmail so they could stop it if they wanted but… Just haven’t. Super lame.

        • Fuck spez@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          11 months ago

          Someone made the calculation that the data harvested for advertisers is more valuable than the hosting/maintenance expense they would recoup by killing it. Plus it’s tasty food for Bard.